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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) » Oedemerinae » Asclerini » Oxycopis » Oxycopis notoxoides

Species Oxycopis notoxoides

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
False blister beetle (3) - Oxycopis notoxoides Oxycopis notoxoides (Fabricius) - Oxycopis notoxoides Oxycopis notoxoides Spotneck False Blister Beetle - Oxycopis notoxoides Unidentified Beetle - Oxycopis notoxoides Unidentified Beetle - Oxycopis notoxoides Oxycopis - Oxycopis notoxoides Is this Tribe Asclerini?? - Oxycopis notoxoides
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Oedemerinae
Tribe Asclerini
Genus Oxycopis
Species notoxoides (Oxycopis notoxoides)
Explanation of Names
Oxycopis notoxoides (Fabricius 1801)
notoxoides = 'Notoxus-like'
Size
6-10 mm(1)
Identification
pronotum with 2 basal spots(2)
Range
e US (NJ-FL, AR, e. TX) - Map (3); mostly se. US, common in n. FL(2)
Habitat
Adults found on a variety of flowers including palm blossoms, clover, Ilex, Ceanothus(2), Castanea, Magnolia...; also on beaches and at lights(4)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nearctic Oedemeridae (Coleoptera)
Arnett R.H., Jr. 1951. American Midland Naturalist 45: 257‒391.
2.Arnett R.H., Jr. (2000-2005) False blister beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
Contributed by v belov on 7 April, 2009 - 10:44am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 June, 2022 - 9:48am

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