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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Cleroidea) » Bark-gnawing Beetles (Trogossitidae) » Trogossitinae » Temnoscheila » Temnoscheila virescens

Species Temnoscheila virescens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Family Trogossitidae (Bark-gnawing Beetles)
Subfamily Trogossitinae
Genus Temnoscheila
Species virescens (Temnoscheila virescens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Lucanus virescens Fabricius 1775
Syn: Temnochila virescens (Fabricius)
Numbers
10 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
9-18 mm (2)
Identification

Temnoscheila virescens (Fabricius)
Det. Michael C. Thomas, 2009

Compare fine punctation of head and rounded anterior angles of pronotum with T. acuta:

Temnoscheila acuta LeConte
Det. Michael C. Thomas, 2009
Range
Eastern US, C. Amer. (3)
Habitat
Under bark
Season
January-July and September in NC (4)
Print References
Marshall, photo 323.7 (2)
Brimley, p. 176 (4)
Internet References
Beetles of Florida--gives range
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
By Stephen A. Marshall
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
By Peck & Thomas. 1998.
4.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Matthew Roth on 1 April, 2006 - 8:13am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Phillip Harpootlian, Lynette, Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 May, 2011 - 2:09am

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