Species Drapetes plagiatus

Drapetes plagiatus (Boheman) - Drapetes plagiatus

Drapetes plagiatus? - Drapetes plagiatus

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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