Species Dictyoptera coccinata - Golden Net-winged Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited

Net-winged beetle - Dictyoptera coccinata

Golden Net-wing - Dictyoptera aurora - Dictyoptera coccinata

Dictyoptera aurora - Dictyoptera coccinata

Golden on the propane - Dictyoptera coccinata

Elateroidea – Net-winged Beetles - Lycidae – Erotinae - Dictyoptera coccinata

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 Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)

Subfamily Erotinae

Genus Dictyoptera

Species coccinata (Golden Net-winged Beetle)

Other Common Names

Red Net-winged Beetle, Golden Netwing

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

D. coccinata is the valid name for the nearctic populations of what used to be considered Dictyoptera aurora (the latter name now applies to the Palaearctic forms only)(1)

Explanation of Names

Dictyoptera coccinata (Say 1835)

Size

6.5‒11.0 mm(2)

Identification

Black venter, black spot on pronotal disc, black scutellum. --Joe Cicero, 16.V.2013

Range

most of NA (AK‒LB to AZ‒TX‒FL) but absent in the Great Plains(1)

Habitat

coniferous/mixed forests, in decaying logs; adults on and under bark of decaying stumps and on tree trunks; also on flowers(2)(3)

See Also

Punicealis munda

Works Cited

1.	Analysis of the Holarctic Dictyoptera aurora complex (Coleoptera, Lycidae) reveals hidden diversity and geographic structure... Motyka M., Kusy D., Bilkova R., Bocak L. 2022. Insects 13, 817.

2.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

3.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Cotinis on 18 March, 2004 - 10:19pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Matt Bertone, margarethe brummermann, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 23 February, 2024 - 3:50pm

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