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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Fire-Colored Beetles (Pyrochroidae) » Pyrochroinae » Neopyrochroa » Neopyrochroa femoralis

Species Neopyrochroa femoralis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Works Cited
Black and orange beetle - Neopyrochroa femoralis N. femoralis? - Neopyrochroa femoralis - male 8014893 - Neopyrochroa femoralis - female Pyrochroidae - Neopyrochroa femoralis - male Neopyrochroa femoralis - male Neopyrochroa femoralis Pyrochroid_larva - Neopyrochroa femoralis Neopyrochoa femoralis - Neopyrochroa femoralis
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 Pyrochroidae (Fire-Colored Beetles)
Subfamily Pyrochroinae
Genus Neopyrochroa
Species femoralis (Neopyrochroa femoralis)
Explanation of Names
Neopyrochroa femoralis (LeConte 1855)
Size
11.0-19.0 mm(1)
Identification
all legs bicolored (orange femora, and black beyond the femora)
Range
e. NA (NS-GA to ON-MN-TX) - Map (2)(3)(4), uncommon across Gulf states
Habitat
Adults in woodlands under bark, on vegetation during the day or at lights at night; larvae in underside of fungus-infested decaying logs(1)
Season
mostly Apr-July (GBIF)
See Also
Neopyrochroa flabellata legs are unicolored orange
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 17 March, 2006 - 7:03am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 October, 2023 - 3:18pm

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