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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) » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Clerinae » Thanasimus » Dubious Checkered Beetle (Thanasimus dubius)

Species Thanasimus dubius - Dubious Checkered Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Life Cycle · 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 Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Clerinae
Genus Thanasimus
Species dubius (Dubious Checkered Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Clerus dubius Fabricius 1776
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
Adults: 7-9 mm (2)
Range
NM-FL-ME-MN (+AK?) / Ont / Mex (2)
Season
Adults collected in Florida in all months except for Aug. and Sept. (2)
Life Cycle
A predator of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Both adult and larval stages of T. dubius are predacious on all life stages of bark beetles from egg to adult. (2)
Also a predator of many other bark beetles including Ips, Dendroctonus, Polygraphus (Scolytinae) and other wood-borers in coniferous trees. (2)
Most such predation occurs in spruce, pine and elm trees. (2)
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.The checkered beeltes (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
By Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 September, 2006 - 10:03pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 May, 2012 - 5:20pm

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