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Species Sarpedon scabrosus

Sarpedon scabrosus - male false click beetle - Sarpedon scabrosus Sarpedon scabrosus Sarpedon scabrosus Eucnemid? - Sarpedon scabrosus - female Eucnemid? - Sarpedon scabrosus - female Eucnemid? - Sarpedon scabrosus - female Sarpedon scabrosus? - Sarpedon scabrosus - female
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 Melasinae
Tribe Dirhagini
Genus Sarpedon
Species scabrosus (Sarpedon scabrosus)
Explanation of Names
Sarpedon scabrosus Bonvouloir
Size
5-7 mm(1)
Range
across NA (ON-BC to VA-TX-CA); uncommon(2)
Season
Jun-Aug(1)(BG data)
Food
on Populus(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae
Muona J. 2000. Acta Zoologica Fennica 212: 1-106.