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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Peloniinae » Pelonium » Pelonium leucophaeum

Species Pelonium leucophaeum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Pelonium leucophaeum (Klug) - Pelonium leucophaeum Cleridae Beetle - Pelonium leucophaeum White banded (beetle?)? - Pelonium leucophaeum Beetle - Pelonium leucophaeum Beetle - Pelonium leucophaeum Beetle - Pelonium leucophaeum Beetle - Pelonium leucophaeum beetle - Pelonium leucophaeum
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 Peloniinae
Genus Pelonium
Species leucophaeum (Pelonium leucophaeum)
Explanation of Names
Pelonium leucophaeum (Klug 1842)
leucophaeum = 'dusky-white'
Size
6-11 mm(1)
Range
e US (PA-FL to OH-TX) - Map (1)(2), most records from the Great Plains
Habitat
mostly collected on Cedar Elm (Ulmus crassifolia, Ulmaceae) in c. TX(3)
Season
mostly: June-July (BG data)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 30 July, 2009 - 11:31am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 June, 2021 - 10:38am

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