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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Clerinae » Enoclerus » Enoclerus nigrifrons

Species Enoclerus nigrifrons

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Clerinae on red pine - Enoclerus nigrifrons

Enoclerus nigrifrons? - Enoclerus nigrifrons

E. nigrifrons in Leelanau State Park - Enoclerus nigrifrons

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 Clerinae

Genus Enoclerus

Species nigrifrons (Enoclerus nigrifrons)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Enoclerus nigrifrons (Say)

Orig. Comb: Clerus nigrifrons Say 1823

Size

6 to 7 mm (1)

Identification

In FL, has a red head, pronotum, legs, antennae and mouthparts. The basal third of the elytra is red, followed by an arched, white mid-elytral fascia which is not anteriorly margined with black. (1)

- spmn from OK

Det. K. H. Stephan, 2002

Range

e US (OK-FL-NH-IN) / Ont. (1),(BG data) - only known from FL by a single specimen from Walton Co. (1)

Habitat

Recorded from southern cypress and pine infested with Scolytinae and other wood-borers (Knull, 1951)

Season

OH: May to July (Knull, 1951)

Life Cycle

King and Fox (1970) observed it attacking Ips sp. and trapped adults in "Ips-baited traps".

Remarks

Leavengood's (2008) key to similar spp. in FL (1)

3. Abdomen red..................................................4

3’. Abdomen black...............................................5

4 (3). Elytra with a pale, often distinctly arched fascia at about the middle, followed by a much broader black fascia occupying one-fourth of the elytral length ....................Enoclerus nigripes (Fig. 2-9)

4’. Elytra with a pale fascia just behind the middle, the fascia broader marginally, narrowing towards the middle as the elytra meet, followed by a narrower black fascia ..........Enoclerus angustus (Fig. 2-1)

5 (3). Elytra with a mid-elytral pale fascia, anteriorly bordered by a black, somewhat incomplete fascia............Enoclerus rosmarus (Fig. 2-11)

5’. Elytra with a mid-elytral pale fascia, anteriorly bordered by no fascia....................................................Enoclerus nigrifrons (Fig. 2-7)

Print References

King, W.E., and R.C. Fox. 1970. On the taxonomy of Clerid species in South Carolina (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72(1): 133.

Knull, J.N. 1951. The checkered beetles of Ohio (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin 8(42): 268-350.

Internet References

Photo - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida. Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 August, 2008 - 12:44pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 January, 2018 - 9:46am

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