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Species Enoclerus lecontei

Enoclerus lecontei (Wolcott) - Enoclerus lecontei Ant mimic, possibly Cleridae, on pine bark - Enoclerus lecontei Paiute Mountain Clerid - Enoclerus lecontei Paiute Mountain Clerid - Enoclerus lecontei Enoclerus lecontei? - Enoclerus lecontei
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 lecontei (Enoclerus lecontei)
Other Common Names
Black-bellied Clerid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Enoclerus lecontei (Wolcott, 1910)

Orig. Comb: Clerus nigriventris LeConte, 1861 but Wolcott (1910)(1) suggested lecontei as a replacement since that name was preoccupied by C. nigriventris Blanchard, 1842
Range
w NA (CA-TX-MI-AK) / Mex. (2)
See Also
Enoclerus moestus (Klug)
- Range: w. US
Det. D. Heffern, 2006
Print References
Wolcott, A.B. 1910. Notes on some Cleridae of Middle and North America, with descriptions of new species. Field Museum of Natural History, Zool. Ser., 7(10): 339-401.
Berryman, A. A. 1966. Studies on the behavior and development of Enoclerus lecontei (Wolcott), a predator of the western pine beetle. Can. Entomol. 98: 519-526.
Works Cited
1.Notes on some Cleridae of Middle and North America, with descriptions of new species.
Wolcott, A.B. 1910. Field Museum of Natural History, Zool. Ser., 7(10): 339-401.
2.Catalogue of North American beetles of the family Cleridae
Wolcott A.B. 1947. Fieldiana: Zoology 32: 63–105.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 22 January, 2009 - 8:42am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, mfdigiro
Last updated 14 June, 2024 - 6:17am

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