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Species Isorhipis ruficornis

Isorhipis ruficornis - male Isorhipis ruficornis (Say) - Isorhipis ruficornis - female Isorhipis ruficornis (Say) - Isorhipis ruficornis - female Eucnemidae, dorsal - Isorhipis ruficornis - male Eucnemidae, head & antennae - Isorhipis ruficornis - male Isoriphis ruficornis - Isorhipis ruficornis - male beetle - Isorhipis ruficornis False Click Beetle - Isorhipis ruficornis - female
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 Melasinae
Tribe Melasini
Genus Isorhipis
Species ruficornis (Isorhipis ruficornis)
Explanation of Names
Isorhipis ruficornis (Say)
Size
5-10 mm (1)
Range
e NA (TX-GA-QC-AR) - Map (2); relatively rare (3)
Food
hosts: various deciduous trees (Acer, Betula, Cornus, Fagus, Platanus), mainly in decaying soft wood (3)(1)
Print References
Knull, J.M. 1947. New Elateridae with notes on Eucnemidae. Entomological News 57: 177-181.
Muona, J. 2001. A revision of North American Eucnemidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica 212: 1-106.