Species Cucujus clavipes - Red Flat Bark Beetle

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Red Flat Bark Beetle (Cucujus clavipes)?, larva - Cucujus clavipes

Red Flat Bark Beetle - Cucujus clavipes? - Cucujus clavipes

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

Family Cucujidae (Flat Bark Beetles)

Genus Cucujus

Species clavipes (Red Flat Bark Beetle)

Numbers

The only species in the genus in North America.

Size

Adult 10-14 mm

Identification

Adult: bright red above; dull red below. Antennae extend to the base of the pronotum. Three elevated ridges on the pronotum. Pronotum coarsely punctate; elytra finely punctate.(1) - contributed by Stephen Cresswell

Range

holarctic; most of North America - in the west, as far north as Alaska

Habitat

Found under the bark of ash and poplar, especially recently felled trees.(1) - contributed by Stephen Cresswell

Food

presumably predaceous on other arthropods

Print References

(1)

(2)

Internet References

images of adults plus description, biology, distribution (Michael Thomas, Florida State Museum of Entomology)

tolerance to freezing in Alaska (Alaska Geophysical Institute)

Works Cited

1.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles By Richard E. White

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 1 October, 2004 - 7:09am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 24 April, 2005 - 11:54am

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