Species Enoclerus ichneumoneus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Checkered Beetle - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

Red and gray beetle - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

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 Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Genus Enoclerus

Species ichneumoneus (Enoclerus ichneumoneus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Fabricius)

=knabi Wolcott (see Leavengood 2008)

Size

8 to 11 mm (1)

Identification

A very wide orangish-brown band across the middle of the elytra and an elongate scutellum(1)

Range

Eastern and Central U.S. and into southern Canada(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. By Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Brad Barnd, v belov
Last updated 20 December, 2009 - 11:31am

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