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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » False Click Beetles (Eucnemidae) » Melasinae » Dirhagini » Arrhipis

Genus Arrhipis

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References
Arrhipis lanieri (Guerin-Meneville) - Arrhipis lanieri Little eucnemid - Arrhipis Little eucnemid - Arrhipis Eucnemid identified by R Otto - Arrhipis lanieri Eucnemid identified by R Otto - Arrhipis lanieri
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 Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)
Subfamily Melasinae
Tribe Dirhagini
Genus Arrhipis
Numbers
28 species are distributed world wide, largely in the tropical and subtropical zones. Of those, only one species occurs in the Nearctic region.
Size
3.0-9.0 mm long.
Identification
Easily confused with Protofarsus. Arrhipis can be identified by its lateral ridge of the elytra terminating well before it reaches the caudad.
Range
The group as a whole can be found throughout much of the Neotropical regions including the Caribbian Islands and extending as far north as the southeastern U.S.
Habitat
Thrives in forested areas.
Season
April thorugh Mid July.
Food
Unknown.
Life Cycle
Unknown.
Print References
Muona, J. 2000. A Revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 212: 106 pp.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 17 February, 2010 - 2:32am
Additional contributions by Robert Otto
Last updated 3 March, 2011 - 8:27pm

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