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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Hydnocerinae » Phyllobaenus » Phyllobaenus verticalis

Species Phyllobaenus verticalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
Phyllobaenus verticalis (Say) - Phyllobaenus verticalis Checkered Beetle? - Phyllobaenus verticalis Checkered Beetle - Phyllobaenus verticalis Checkered Beetle - Phyllobaenus verticalis Hydnocerinae of sorts? - Phyllobaenus verticalis Hydnocerinae of sorts? - Phyllobaenus verticalis Phyllobaenus verticalis Phyllobaenus verticalis
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 Hydnocerinae
Genus Phyllobaenus
Species verticalis (Phyllobaenus verticalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllobaenus nigrescens (Schaeffer 1909), Isohydnocera curtipennis (Newman 1840), P. lineaticollis Spinola 1844, Clerus brachypterus Klug 1842(1)
Explanation of Names
Phyllobaenus verticalis (Say 1835)
Size
3.5‒4.5 mm
Range
e.NA (NS‒FL to ON‒SD‒TX)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.Living a lie: The truth behind Isohydnocera curtipennis (Newman) and other historically confused species of Phyllobaenus...
Leavengood JM, Jr. 2025. Insecta Mundi 1105: 1–17.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 29 April, 2009 - 4:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 March, 2025 - 7:47pm

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