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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles (Byrrhoidea) » Forest Stream Beetles (Eulichadidae) » Stenocolus » Stenocolus scutellaris

Species Stenocolus scutellaris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea (Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles)
Family Eulichadidae (Forest Stream Beetles)
Genus Stenocolus
Species scutellaris (Stenocolus scutellaris)
Explanation of Names
Stenocolus scutellaris LeConte 1853
Range
central CA (Sacramento and San Joaquin River valleys)(1)
Habitat
Larvae are aquatic; adults are found in riparian vegetation(1)
Season
adults Jun-Aug(1)
Food
Larval food includes fine particulate organic matter, shredded wood, algal filaments, and debris. Adults do not feed (1)
Works Cited
1.A review of Stenocolus scutellaris LeConte, 1853 (Col.: Eulichadidae), with notes on distribution, morphology and life history
Richards A.B., Shepard W.D. 2017. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 93: 127-140.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 20 December, 2008 - 3:39pm
Additional contributions by Graham M, v belov
Last updated 10 November, 2019 - 4:20pm

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