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Species Dictyoptera coccinata - Golden Net-winged Beetle

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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 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)
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.