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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Pacificanthia consors
Species
Pacificanthia consors
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
Cantharinae
Tribe
Cantharini
Genus
Pacificanthia
Species
consors
(Pacificanthia consors)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cantharis consors
Explanation of Names
Pacificanthia consors
(LeConte 1851)
Size
12-20 mm
(
1
)
Range
BC to Baja
(
2
)
Season
Late spring to early summer
(
1
)
Remarks
common at lights in late spring & early summer; emits musty odor
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.
2.
National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2007. Sterling.
Contributed by
Hartmut Wisch
on 8 December, 2007 - 10:26am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2015 - 7:39pm