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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Comb-clawed Beetles (Alleculinae) » Gonoderina » Chromatia » Chromatia amoena

Species Chromatia amoena

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Black and reddish beetle - Chromatia amoena Black beetle with red pronotum - Chromatia amoena Beetle - Chromatia amoena beetle - Chromatia amoena beetle - Chromatia amoena Oulema sp.? - Chromatia amoena Pseudocistela amoena - Chromatia amoena Chromatia amoena
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)
Subtribe Gonoderina
Genus Chromatia
Species amoena (Chromatia amoena)
Other Common Names
Charming Red-and-Black Teneb
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudocistela amoena (Say 1824)
Explanation of Names
Chromatia amoena (Say 1824)
amoena (L). 'pleasent, charming' (1)
Size
5-8 mm(2)
Range
e NA (QC-GA to ON-MN-KS-TX) - Map (3)(4)
Remarks
uncommon
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
3.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 19 February, 2010 - 1:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 April, 2024 - 2:05pm

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