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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Tillinae » Lecontella » Lecontella brunnea

Species Lecontella brunnea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Lecontella brunnea (Spinola) - Lecontella brunnea Clerid - Lecontella brunnea Clerid - Lecontella brunnea
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 Tillinae
Genus Lecontella
Species brunnea (Lecontella brunnea)
Explanation of Names
Lecontella brunnea (Spinola 1844)
brunnea = 'brown'
Size
8-15 mm(1)
Identification
very fine, even punctations on pronotum

Det. J. L. Neff, 2007
Range
e US to AZ (ME-FL to IA-KS-AZ) - Map (1)(2)(3)
Life Cycle
collected from bee nests in dead logs and in the larval cells of Sphecidae, Megachilidae, and Vespidae(2)
Remarks
adults frequently collected at lights (Mawdsley 2002)
Print References
Mawdsley J.R. (2002) Comparative ecology of the genus Lecontella Wolcott and Chapin (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae), with notes on chemically defended species of the beetle family Cleridae. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 104: 164-167.
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 August, 2009 - 11:38pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 March, 2024 - 1:26pm

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