Species Ditylus quadricollis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Ditylus quadricollis? - Ditylus quadricollis

Tenebrionida family,Ditylus genus (Libby Avis). wet, open estuarine habitat.49º42'00.17”N,123º10'23.60”W,6m - Ditylus quadricollis

beetle gleaned off of leaf of Himalaya Blackberry - Ditylus quadricollis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)

Subfamily Oedemerinae

Tribe Ditylini

Genus Ditylus

Species quadricollis (Ditylus quadricollis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

consors LeConte

vestitus LeConte

Hatch(1) notes that "LeConte and Arnett [were] in error in considering vestitus LeC. a variety of gracilis LeC. rather than of this species. This potential error seems to be carried over in recent literature. The "vestitus" form refers to specimens from the west that possess golden pubescence (swBC to nwOR).

Explanation of Names

Ditylus quadricollis LeConte 1851

Size

12-23 mm(1)

Range

nw NA (AK-OR to AB-ID) - Map (1)(2)(3)

Habitat

Found under cover around logs in forested areas, also on flowers; reported breeding in logs of Thuja plicata, Pseudotsuga taxifolia, and Picea engelmani (Guppy, Leech, Arnett)(1)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1852. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera from California. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 5: 125–216.

Internet References

Syntype - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	The Beetles of the Pacific Northwest Hatch, M. 1953. University of Washington publications in biology, Volume 16. University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington.

2.	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.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Boris Büche on 20 June, 2007 - 6:22am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Charlene Wood, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2024 - 5:56pm

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