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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Silinae » Silini » Ditemnus » Ditemnus bidentatus

Species Ditemnus bidentatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Ditemnus bidentatus (Say) - Ditemnus bidentatus Beetle - Ditemnus bidentatus - male Beetle - Ditemnus bidentatus - male Ditemnus bidentatus? - Ditemnus bidentatus Ditemnus bidentatus Beetle? - Ditemnus bidentatus soldier beetle - Ditemnus bidentatus - female Ditemnus bidentatus
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 Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Silinae
Tribe Silini
Genus Ditemnus
Species bidentatus (Ditemnus bidentatus)
Other Common Names
Thin-lobed Cantharid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Silis bidentatus (Say)
Explanation of Names
Ditemnus bidentatus (Say 1825)
Size
3.5-4.5 mm(1)
Range
e NA (NS-FL to ON-IN-OK-MS) - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
grassland, coll'ed on Poa (1)
Internet References
Cantharidae of E. Can and NE US(1)
Works Cited
1.The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States
Pelletier G., Hébert C. 2014. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 25.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 November, 2005 - 7:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 March, 2024 - 6:25pm

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