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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Dendrometrinae » Dendrometrini » Hemicrepidiina » Hemicrepidius » Hemicrepidius decoloratus

Species Hemicrepidius decoloratus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Dendrometrinae
Tribe Dendrometrini
Subtribe Hemicrepidiina
Genus Hemicrepidius
Species decoloratus (Hemicrepidius decoloratus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemicrepidius decoloratus (Say 1836)
Orig. Comb: Elater decoloratus Say, 1836
Size
9.0-15.0 mm(1)
Identification
This species is most-similar to H. hemipodus but can usually be separated by having pale elytra. Melanic forms can be very difficult to separate from H. hemipodus without microscopic examination.
Range
Northeastern North America(1)
Season
June-July (BG data)
Remarks
In late 2020, this species was elevated from synonomy with H. hemipodus(1)
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the Genus Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of the New World, with Comments on Global Classifica
F. E. Etzler. 2020. Coleopterists Bulletin.
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 12 January, 2021 - 11:57am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Russell Rogers
Last updated 11 December, 2022 - 2:23pm

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