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Genus Heterhelus

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Beetle - Heterhelus sericans Heterhelus sericans (LeConte) - Heterhelus sericans Short-winged Flower Beetle - Heterhelus sericans Kateretid? - Heterhelus sericans Coleoptera. Kateretidae - Heterhelus sericans beetle - Heterhelus abdominalis beetle - Heterhelus abdominalis Kateretid - Heterhelus sericans

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Kateretidae (Short-winged Flower Beetles)
Genus Heterhelus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Boreades Parsons

Explanation of Names

Heterhelus DuVal 1858

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1)

Identification

Both NA spp. shown here(1)

Range

across NA(1)(2)

Remarks

Adults may cluster in flowers of fruit-bearing trees, particularly elderberry (Sambucus spp.), but also apple (Malus spp.) and pear (Pyrus spp.).

Print References

(3)

Works Cited

1.Price M.B., Cira T. (2008) Kateretidae & Nitidulidae of Wisconsin
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by v belov on 23 April, 2010 - 3:54pm
Additional contributions by James Bailey
Last updated 5 August, 2017 - 11:40am

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