Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Atalantycha dentigera
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Atalantycha dentigera
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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
Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily
Cantharinae
Tribe
Cantharini
Genus
Atalantycha
Species
dentigera
(Atalantycha dentigera)
Explanation of Names
Atalantycha dentigera
(LeConte 1851)
Size
8-10 mm
(
1
)
Range
e. NA (QC-ON-IA to SC-TX) -
Map
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2
)
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1
)
Season
late May-Jun
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States
Pelletier G., Hébert C. 2014. CJAI 25.
2.
A review of Ancistronycha Märkel with the description of Atalantycha, a new nearctic genus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)
Kazantsev S. 2005. The Coleopterists Bulletin 59(2): 204–210.
Contributed by
v belov
on 20 May, 2009 - 8:28pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
Last updated 5 April, 2023 - 2:11am