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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Rare Click Beetles (Cerophytidae) » Cerophytum » Cerophytum pulsator

Species Cerophytum pulsator

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
Rare click beetle - Cerophytum pulsator - female Beetle 03.28.2009 018 - Cerophytum pulsator - male Cerophytum pulsator - male Cerophytum pulsator Beetle for ID - Cerophytum pulsator Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman) - Cerophytum pulsator - male Cerophytidae? - Cerophytum pulsator Unknown beetle...??? - Cerophytum pulsator
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 Cerophytidae (Rare Click Beetles)
Genus Cerophytum
Species pulsator (Cerophytum pulsator)
Explanation of Names
Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman 1845)
Size
5.4-8.5 mm(1)
Range
e. US (PA-FL to IL-OK)(2)(1)(BG data)
Habitat
usually mature deciduous forests; rotten wood/bark, leaf litter(1)
Life Cycle
Adults are mostly active at night in spring and are collected at black light, in Malaise and Lindgren funnel traps, sweeping understory foliage. They can click and jump.(1)
Print References
Steiner W.E. (2000) Records and habitats of the "Rare Click Beetle," Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman), in Virginia and Maryland (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae). Banisteria 15: 43-45.
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 20 October, 2007 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 January, 2015 - 12:13am

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