undatus species-group

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

At blacklight: mud loving beetle - Heterocerus mexicanus

Heterocerus texanus (Pacheco) - Heterocerus texanus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Dryopoidea

Family Heteroceridae (Variegated Mud-loving Beetles)

Genus Heterocerus

No Taxon undatus species-group

Explanation of Names

includes Pacheco's Dampfius

Numbers

10 spp. in our area [size]:

H. collaris Kiesenwetter 1851 [3.0‒4.2] e.US to IA‒TX

H. inciertus (Pacheco 1964) across Canada & n.-c. US

H. mexicanus Sharp 1882 w.US, TX, LA, IL, QC

H. pallidus Say 1823 [4.5‒6.9] common from New England west to s.AB & e.AZ

H. schwarzi Horn 1890 [3.0‒3.7] from ne US to n TX‒MS; QC‒ON(1)

H. selanderi Pacheco 1969 [2.6‒2.8] FL to extreme s.GA & s.MS

H. subtilis Miller 1988 [3.5‒4] e.NA to MB‒MO

H. tenuis Miller 1988 [3.0‒3.5] so.GA‒FL; ON‒MB(1)

H. texanus (Pacheco 1964) [2.9‒3.5] s.TX‒IA east to NC‒FL

H. undatus Melsheimer 1844 [3.2‒4.5] NS‒AB to VA‒MS‒KS

H. unicus Miller 1988 w.NA to MB‒TX

Identification

medium-sized, more or less reddish with highly variable elytra markings (Miller 1988b)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by v belov on 12 January, 2015 - 3:01pm
Last updated 13 February, 2025 - 12:22pm

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