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Genus Pelonides

Small black and red beetle - Pelonides quadripunctata bug, elongated, black spots, feathery branched antennae - Pelonides quadrinotata Pelonides quadrinotata (Haldeman) - Pelonides quadrinotata - female Pelonides quadrinotata (Haldeman) - Pelonides quadrinotata - female Pelonides quadrinotata (Haldeman) - Pelonides quadrinotata - male Clerid - Pelonides granulatipennis Clerid - Pelonides granulatipennis Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Enopliinae
Genus Pelonides
Explanation of Names
Pelonides Kuwert 1894
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 6 total(1)
Size
5–10 mm(1)
Range
e. US to AZ / Mex. to Honduras(1)(BG data)
Food
lignicolous and anthophilous prey species(1)