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Species Chauliognathus pensylvanicus - Goldenrod Soldier Beetle

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The Lives of Fungi

By Britt A. Bunyard
UniPress Books Limited, 2022

Eryniopsis lampyridium is a fungus that infects Chauliognathus pensylvanicus. When infected, the beetle climbs to the top of the goldenrod stalk and dies. About 15-22 hours later, the dead host's wings open in a mating pose. Unwitting suitors are then exposed to the fungal spores which cover the abdomen of the host.(4)

Contributed by Marci Hess on 23 July, 2023 - 7:16am

The Chauliognathini of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera-Cantharidae). Parts 1 & 2

By Fender K.M.
Northwest Science 38: 52–64, 95-106, 1964

Full text: Pt. 1 | Pt. 2; key to spp.: p. 103

Contributed by v belov on 11 June, 2011 - 3:53pm

Zoogeography and systematics of North and Central American Chauliognathini (Coleoptera: Chauliognathidae)

By Miskimen G.W.
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Florida. 162 pp., 1966

Contributed by v belov on 16 January, 2015 - 12:09am

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The Soldier Beetles and False Soldier Beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae and Omethidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkw...

By Steury, Brent W., Steiner, Warren E. Jr., Shockley, Floyd W.
The Maryland Entomologist, 2018

Steury, BW, Steiner, WE Jr., and Shockley, FW 2018. The Soldier Beetles and False Soldier Beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae and Omethidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The Maryland Entomologist 7(2):11–27.

PDF Available here:
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/95576

Contributed by Marc DiGirolomo on 31 March, 2023 - 7:11am

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The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States

By Pelletier G., Hébert C.
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 25, 2014

Full text -- hardcopy | Online version

Contributed by v belov on 5 March, 2014 - 2:58am

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Synopsis of the Lampyridæ of the United States

By John L. LeConte
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 9(1): pp. 15-72, 1881

Available online here: Synopsis of the Lampyridæ of the United States on JSTOR

Contributed by Hadley L. on 27 December, 2023 - 11:11am

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A faunal survey of the Elateroidea of Montana

By Seibert, C.E.
M.Sc. Thesis, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1993

PDF available.

Contributed by Shane Sater on 10 December, 2021 - 12:35pm

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Four new Coleoptera (Elateridae and Buprestidae).

By Knull, J.N.
Entomological News 49: 19-22., 1938

Full Text - BHL

Knull, J.N. 1938. Four new Coleoptera (Elateridae and Buprestidae). Entomological News 49: 19-22.

Conoderus browni n. sp.
Limonius flavomarginatus n. sp.
Paratyndaris tucsoni n. sp.
Paratyndaris quadrinotata n. sp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 May, 2019 - 12:25pm

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