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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Orthopleurinae » Neorthopleura » Neorthopleura thoracica

Species Neorthopleura thoracica

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Neorthopleura thoracica Checkered Beetle - Neorthopleura thoracica Pennsylvania Beetle - Neorthopleura thoracica Neorthopleura thoracica? - Neorthopleura thoracica Beetle - Neorthopleura thoracica Checkered - Neorthopleura thoracica Checkered beetle – Neorthopleura thoracica? - Neorthopleura thoracica Coleoptera - Neorthopleura thoracica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Orthopleurinae
Genus Neorthopleura
Species thoracica (Neorthopleura thoracica)
Other Common Names
Eastern Red-and-Black Clerid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neorthopleura thoracica (Say)
Syn: Orthopleura thoracica (Say 1823)
Size
2.7–11.0 mm(1)
Identification
pronotal disc is red and the lateral margins are narrowly black (1), overall color pattern is red and black

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2016

the following is not true (1)
antennomeres entirely dark in N. thoracica, funicular segments paler in N. texana
Range
e NA (QC-FL to ON-IA-TX) - Map (2)(3), most TX records restricted to nc. TX
Habitat
dead, dying, or recently cut hardwoods (esp. oaks) infested with wood-boring beetles(4)
Remarks
comes to lights
See Also
Neorthopleura texana (Bland) - disc of pronotum light brown, pronotal fringes dark brown (1), overall color pattern is brick and brown
- Range: mostly: nc. to s. Texas
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2016
Works Cited
1.Revision of the New World genus Neorthopleura Barr (Coleoptera: Cleridae)
Opitz W. 2013. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 49: 1‒35.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 August, 2008 - 8:45am
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah
Last updated 24 September, 2024 - 1:26pm

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