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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Cucujoidea » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylinae) » Erotylini » Gibbifer » Gibbifer californicus

Species Gibbifer californicus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Pretty blue bug - Gibbifer californicus Gibbifer californicus Gibbifer californicus Fungus Beetle (Gibbifer californicus) - Gibbifer californicus Erotylidae - Gibbifer californicus Pleasing fungus beetles - Gibbifer californicus blue and black beetle - Gibbifer californicus Ponderosa pine forest beetle - Gibbifer californicus
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 Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Erotylinae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Erotylini
Genus Gibbifer
Species californicus (Gibbifer californicus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Cypherotylus asperus, Cypherotylus californicus
described in 1842 by Lacordaire who originally placed it in genus Erotylus
Size
14-18 mm
Identification
Elongated and oval in shape. Head and thorax black, elyrtra dull yellow or purplish and rough, with black spots.
Range
sw. US (KS-WY-NM-AZ); Mexico
Habitat
Meadows, fields, woodlands, gardens
Season
Summer
Food
Adults feed on nectar, pollen, and some fungi. Larvae feed on wood-destroying fungi
Life Cycle
female lays eggs in bark crevices of fallen rotting logs; adults emerge in summer(1)
Internet References
Texas Entomology live adult image and species account (Mike Quinn, Texas)
Works Cited
1.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
By Lorus and Margery Milne
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 March, 2007 - 5:14am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 8 March, 2010 - 11:16pm

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