Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Heterocerus mollinus

darker Heteroceridae - Heterocerus mollinus Variegated Mud-loving Beetle - Heterocerus mollinus Variegated Mud-loving Beetle - Heterocerus mollinus - female Heterocerid - Heterocerus mollinus Heterocerid - Heterocerus mollinus - female Heterocerus - Heterocerus mollinus Heterocerus mollinus Kiesenwetter - Heterocerus mollinus Heterocerus mollinus? - Heterocerus mollinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Heteroceridae (Variegated Mud-loving Beetles)
Genus Heterocerus
No Taxon (mollinus species-group)
Species mollinus (Heterocerus mollinus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heterocerus mollinus Kiesenwetter, 1851
Syn: Lanternarius mollinus (Kiesenwetter)
Size
Length 4.0-5.5 mm (1)
Range
occurs across N. Amer. - Map (1)(2), most records e. US
Habitat
Unlike other Heterocerus spp., Heterocerus mollinus was present in nearly every se US riparian and habitat sampled as well as from nonriverine environments, such as roadside ditches. It is common near rivers and ponds of all sizes. (1)
Remarks
H. mollinus is the most common spp. of Heterocerus in N. Amer. Thousands of specimens can be collected in light traps placed near muddy river banks. (1)
See Also
similar in general appearance to two other se spp. that have post-mesothoracic coxal lines, H. sinuosus and H. insolens. (1)
Print References
von Kiesenwetter, E.A.H. 1851 Revision der Kafergattung Heterocerus. Linnaea Entomologica, 5: 281-300.