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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Dascilloidea » Soft-bodied Plant Beetles (Dascillidae) » Dascillus » Dascillus davidsoni

Species Dascillus davidsoni

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
Dascillus sp. - Dascillus davidsoni Soft-bodied Plant Beetle - Dascillus? - Dascillus davidsoni Soft-bodied Plant Beetle - Dascillus? - Dascillus davidsoni rope - Dascillus davidsoni rope - Dascillus davidsoni Dascillid - Dascillus davidsoni Unknown Beetle - Dascillus davidsoni Thinking wood boring beetle - Dascillus davidsoni
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Dascilloidea
Family Dascillidae (Soft-bodied Plant Beetles)
Genus Dascillus
Species davidsoni (Dascillus davidsoni)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dascillus plumbeus Horn, 1880
Explanation of Names
Dascillus davidsoni (LeConte 1859)
Identification
Dull brown or blackish, with grayish pubescence; elytra with two irregular, darker transverse bands with darker pubescence; antennomere 3 not longer than 4th (Horn 1880)(1)
Print References
Horn G.H. (1880) Synopsis of the Dascillidae of the United States. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 8: 76-114.
Blaisdell F.E. (1934) Rare North American Coleoptera. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 60: 317-326.
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 24 May, 2010 - 5:06pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 4 May, 2022 - 10:16am

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