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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (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
Dendroides or Neopyrochroa? - Neopyrochroa femoralis - male Pyrochroidae - Neopyrochroa femoralis - female Neopyrochroa femoralis? - Neopyrochroa femoralis Neopyrochroa femoralis? - Neopyrochroa femoralis Circular-pronotum beetle - Neopyrochroa femoralis - female Neopyrochroa femoralis? - Neopyrochroa femoralis Neopyrochroa femoralis - male Pennsylvania Beetle - Neopyrochroa femoralis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
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)(GBIF)
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.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 17 March, 2006 - 7:03am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 May, 2022 - 8:34am

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