Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
Photos from the gathering
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Epitragini » Bothrotes

Genus Bothrotes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Another ridged beetle - Bothrotes Gray Beetle - Bothrotes Beetles - Bothrotes - male - female Bothrotes plumbeus (Tenebrionidae) in Colorado Springs - Bothrotes plumbeus Insect found on corn plants in Florida in backyard. - Bothrotes canaliculatus Bronzed Beetle - Bothrotes canaliculatus Beetle - Bothrotes Teneb - Bothrotes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Pimeliinae
Tribe Epitragini
Genus Bothrotes
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Casey, 1907.
Numbers
White lists two species for North America--perhaps an error (1)?
Nearctica.com lists 24 species.
Size
9-15 mm
Identification
Rather flat beetles, apparently bronze-colored. Base of pronotum is almost as wide as elytra. Eye strongly notched (1) (2).
White (1) says that only female has ridged pronotum in this genus, but this paper states that only the male of B. canaliculatus has the ridges.
Range
Eastern (mostly southeastern) and southwestern United States. Eastern Tenebrionidae lists two species: B. canaliculatus and B. fortis.
Habitat
Apparently found on flowers, grasses, etc., in old fields and open habitats.
Season
August-November (B. canaliculatis, eastern North Carolina)
Food
Visits flowers.
Print References
Arnett et al., p. 261--description B. canaliculatus (2)
White, p. 248, fig. 106--apparently illustration of B. canaliculatus (1)
Brimley, p. 190, lists B. arundinis (= Bothrotes canaliculatus arundinis) for eastern North Carolina, August-November, and also "B. pinorum" from the North Carolina sandhills (3)
Internet References
Checklist of Florida Tenebrionidae
Key to Florida Pimeliinae
Beetles of Florida lists two subspecies of B. canaliculatus
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
By Richard E. White
2.How to Know the Beetles
By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 November, 2004 - 4:54pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 8 December, 2006 - 7:19am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2008 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact