Genus Asiocnemis

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season

Asiocnemis hospitalis (Blanchard) - Asiocnemis hospitalis

Asiocnemis nitens (Horn) - Asiocnemis nitens

Eucnemidae found on snow field - Asiocnemis basalis

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 Macraulacinae

Tribe Macraulacini

Genus Asiocnemis

Numbers

5 spp. in our area, 7 total

Size

5.5-13.0 mm

Identification

pronotum longer than wide, claws simple, antennal grooves lateral and poorly defined

Key

1. Body black................................................................................2

Body brown...........................................................A. boharti Muona

2. Vestiture uniform, inconspicuous..........................................................3

Vestiture bicolored, more conspicuous at base of elytra.......A. basalis (LeConte)

3. 4th tarsomere two times wider than the 5th................................................4

4th tarsomere slightly wider than the 5th.............................A. nitens (Horn)

4. Pronotum as shiny as the elytra.....................................A. mcclayi Muona

Pronotum duller than the elytra..............................A. hospitalis (Blanchard)

Range

worldwide; in our area, along the west coast

Habitat

Largely found in high elevation forested areas, in conifer logs

Season

Jun-Sep

Contributed by Tim Loh on 17 February, 2010 - 2:45am
Additional contributions by Robert Otto, v belov
Last updated 22 July, 2021 - 11:55pm

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