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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » False Click Beetles (Eucnemidae) » Eucneminae » Dendrocharis

Genus Dendrocharis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References

Dendrocharis flavicornis (Guerin-Meneville) - Dendrocharis flavicornis

Dendrocharis? - Dendrocharis flavicornis

TX - Bostrichid - Dendrocharis inexspectata

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 Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)

Subfamily Eucneminae

Genus Dendrocharis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Guérin-Méneville created a subgenus Dendrocharis for the group, in which he originally described as members of Galba. Later, Dendrocharis was elevated to genus level.

Explanation of Names

Dendrocharis Guérin-Méneville, 1843

Numbers

A world-wide group with approximately nine species known, with the greatest diversity in S.E. Asian region. Of those, two species are distributed in the Nearctic region.

Size

7.0-11.0 mm long.

Identification

The group is best identified by their form.

Key

1 Eltra even. Lateral sides of abdoninal sterna with evenly dispersed setae...................D. inexspectata Muona

1' Elytra uneven. Lateral side of abdominal sterna with patches of setae............D. flavicornis (Guérin-Méneville)

Range

Group is mainly distributed in the subtropical and tropical zones. The two species in the Nearctic region is present in the S.E. area of the U.S.

Habitat

Largely found in forested areas.

Season

Early March through the end of June.

Food

Unknown.

Life Cycle

Unknown.

Remarks

The group is closely related to Scopulifer from S.E. Asia, as well as Bossionus and Buckia, both from South America.

Print References

Muona, J. 2000. A Revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 212: 106 pp.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 12 November, 2008 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Otto
Last updated 2 July, 2024 - 11:16am

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