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Species Chauliognathus lewisi

Chauliognathus lewisi? - Chauliognathus lewisi C. lewisi - Chauliognathus lewisi Cantharid from Eastern CA Desert Mnts - Chauliognathus lewisi - male - female Cantharid from Eastern CA Desert Mnts - Chauliognathus lewisi - male - female Mating Cauliognathus - Chauliognathus lewisi - male - female Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus lewisi Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus lewisi Yellow & black Beetle - Chauliognathus lewisi
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 Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Chauliognathinae
Tribe Chauliognathini
Genus Chauliognathus
Species lewisi (Chauliognathus lewisi)
Explanation of Names
Chauliognathus lewisi Crotch 1874
Size
♂ 8-10 mm, ♀ 8.5-10 mm(1)
Identification
ssp. vittaus Schaeffer has the basal & apical elytral markings connected(1)
Range
CA-TX; ssp. vittaus in AZ(1)
Season
Aug-Oct (BG data)
Works Cited
1.The Chauliognathini of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera-Cantharidae). Parts 1 & 2
Fender K.M. 1964. Northwest Science 38: 52–64, 95-106.