Species Pelonides granulatipennis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pelonides granulatipennis (Schaeffer) - Pelonides granulatipennis - male

Pelonides granulatipennis (Schaeffer) - Pelonides granulatipennis - female

90020 Melyrid - Pelonides granulatipennis

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 Enopliinae

Genus Pelonides

Species granulatipennis (Pelonides granulatipennis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelonides granulatipennis (Schaeffer)

Orig. Comb: Enaplium granulatipenne Schaeffer 1904

Size

3.8–7.5 mm(1)

Identification

Elongate black, elytra covered with small granules, red with two large black spots on each side which are usually confluent. Elytra distinctly broader than the thorax at base.

I have taken about 15 specimens of this fine species on the flowers of the mesquite, but only a few with the spots well defined, in the rest these are confluent and in some specimens the elytra is black with a narrow space at base and side margin red. (Schaeffer 1904)

Det. E. G. Riley 2009

Range

AZ to s. TX / Mex. - Map (2)(3), most records from s. TX

Habitat

Often taken on the flowers of the mesquite (Schaeffer 1904)

Remarks

Type Locality: "Brownsville, Tex. (Las Boragos)." (Schaeffer 1904)

Print References

Schaeffer, C. 1904. New genera and species of Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(4): 197-236. (Full Text)

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Pelonides Kuwert (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Enopliinae) Opitz W. 2015. Can. Entomol. 147: 501-526.

2.	Catalogue of North American beetles of the family Cleridae Wolcott A.B. 1947. Fieldiana: Zoology 32: 63–105.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 April, 2009 - 10:23am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 8:59pm

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