Species Glischrochilus fasciatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pleasing Fungus Beetle ? - Glischrochilus fasciatus

sap-feeding beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus

Picnic Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus

4-spotted Sap Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus

Red & Black compost beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus

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 (Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Genus Glischrochilus

Species fasciatus (Glischrochilus fasciatus)

Other Common Names

Picnic Beetle

Size

4-7 mm

Identification

Black and shiny with two transverse yellowish or orangish bands. Sometimes these bands are reduced. Underside all dark,

differentiating from the similar Glischrochilus quadrisignatus, which is reddish-brown underneath (1).

Habitat

Adults found under bark of injured or dying trees, also come to sap, decaying fruit.

See Also

Glischrochilus quadrisignatus

Megalodacne fasciata in the Erotylidae

Print References

Dillon, p. 397, plate 38 (1)

Internet References

USDA Forest Service--images and information

University of Vermont--images of adults with information on this species' relevance to Butternut Canker disease

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 2 November, 2004 - 10:11pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 9 March, 2008 - 4:51am

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