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Species Deltometopus amoenicornis

False click beetle (2) - Deltometopus amoenicornis

False Click Beetle - Deltometopus amoenicornis - male

tiny click beetle - Deltometopus amoenicornis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)

Subfamily Macraulacinae

Tribe Macraulacini

Genus Deltometopus

Species amoenicornis (Deltometopus amoenicornis)

Explanation of Names

Deltometopus amoenicornis (Say 1839)

Size

2.7-4.8 mm(1)

Identification

Black with appendages partly or entirely pale yellowish brown. Antennomeres 4-5 always about equal to 6-7, male's antennae pectinate, female's serrate. Prothorax bell-shaped, underside with grooves for antennae. Elytral epipleurae punctate, not grooved at base. Protibia with one apical spur, meso- and metatibiae with single spur on sides, all claws simple.(2)

Range

e NA (QC-SD to FL-TX) - Map (3); common(1)

Habitat

Adults beaten from vegetation, especially in damp locations, and reared from decaying logs(2)

Food

develops in various deciduous and coniferous trees(1)

Life Cycle

Larva and its biology described by Otto (2012)

Print References

Otto R.L. (2012) Eucnemid larvae of the Nearctic Region. Part II: Description of the mature larva of Deltometopus amoenicornis (Say, 1836) (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Macraulacinae: Macraulacini), with notes on its biology. Col. Bull. 66: 285-288.

Internet References

Coleoptera of Great Smoky Mountains National Park(1)

Works Cited

1.	Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project

2.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by tom murray on 3 August, 2007 - 1:50pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Otto, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov
Last updated 23 April, 2022 - 10:26am

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