Species Punicealis munda

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Works Cited

Please confirm — Possible D. munda - Punicealis munda

red net-winged beetle - Punicealis munda

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)

Subfamily Erotinae

Genus Punicealis

Species munda (Punicealis munda)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dictyoptera munda

Original combination: Omalisus mundus Say, 1835

Explanation of Names

Punicealis munda (Say 1835)

Size

6 mm(1)

Range

e. US (PA-GA to IL-AZ)(2)

Habitat

deciduous/mixed forests; adults in spring on tree trunks & understory foliage(1)

Season

late spring, typically May (BugGuide records)

See Also

Dictyoptera aurora

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Phylogeny of the tribe Erotini (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of new taxa Kazantsev S.V. 2004. Zootaxa 496: 1–48.

Contributed by v belov on 25 July, 2012 - 2:20am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 17 December, 2016 - 2:05pm

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