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Species Pelonium maculicolle

Pelonium maculicolle Schaeffer - Pelonium maculicolle Pelonium maculicolle Schaeffer - Pelonium maculicolle
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 Peloniinae
Genus Pelonium
Species maculicolle (Pelonium maculicolle)
Explanation of Names
Pelonium maculicolle Schaeffer, 1904
maculicolle (L). 'spot-necked' (1)
Numbers
4 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
Length: 7-11 mm (Schaeffer 1904)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron Cos.) / Veracruz, Mex - Map (Barr 2005)(3)
Remarks
I have taken a considerable number of this species, which is in my experience the most common Clerid in this region. It occurred mostly on [Texas Ebony - Ebenopsis ebano] and is a very slow insect. (Schaeffer 1904)
See Also
Cregya quadrinotata (Chevrolat)
- Range: s. TX
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013
Print References
Barr, W.F. 2005. New species and new distributional records for Mexican Pelonium (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Enopliinae). Folia entomol. Mexicana 44(Supl. 1): 55-62. (Full PDF)
Schaeffer, C. 1904. New genera and species of Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(4): 197–236. (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 March, 2009 - 9:16pm
Last updated 4 January, 2020 - 9:30am

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