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Species Tricrania sanguinipennis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References
beetle - Tricrania sanguinipennis Blister beetle - Tricrania sanguinipennis
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 Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Genus Tricrania
Species sanguinipennis (Tricrania sanguinipennis)
Explanation of Names
Author is Say, 1823.
Range
Includes eastern North America--reported from Quebec (photo 23 April) Boston, MA (print references), west to Minnesota, and into the Southeast.
Season
Apparently spring--adults reported late March (Boston, MA), into April (guide photos, Insects of Cedar Creek).
Life Cycle
A parasitoid of colonial bees, such as Colletes.
Print References
C.A. Frost, Note on Tricrania Sanguinipennis Say (Coleoptera). Psyche Volume 19 (1912), Issue 6, Pages 208-208 (available as a PDF linked here)
Parker, J. B.; Boving, Adam G (1924). The Blister Beetle Tricrania Sanguinipennis - Biology, Descriptions of Different Stages, and Systematic Relationship. No. 2513 - From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Volume 64, Art. 23, pp. 1-40, pls. 1-5 (bookfinder.com search)
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 23 January, 2007 - 1:24pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 28 May, 2008 - 10:57am

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