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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Lissominae » Drapetes » Drapetes plagiatus

Species Drapetes plagiatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · 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 Lissominae
Genus Drapetes
Species plagiatus (Drapetes plagiatus)
Explanation of Names
Drapetes plagiatus (Boheman 1858)
Range
Native to the neotropics (Belize & Guatemala to Brazil), adventive in our area (s. FL)(1), and Houston in 2021 (BG data)
Life Cycle
sometimes found in male dominated aggregations, probably attracted to one or more females (1)
Remarks
earliest record from our area: FL 1990(1)
Works Cited
1.A new species of Drapetes Megerle (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with taxonomic summaries and a key to the species of northern N.A.
Johnson, P. J. 2015. Insecta Mundi; 445: 1-13.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 July, 2008 - 10:27am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 August, 2024 - 1:18pm

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