Species Drapetes quadripustulatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Drapetes quadripustulatus Bonvouloir - Drapetes quadripustulatus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)

Subfamily Lissominae

Genus Drapetes

Species quadripustulatus (Drapetes quadripustulatus)

Explanation of Names

Drapetes quadripustulatus Bonvouloir 1859

Size

2.75-4 mm (Blanchard 1917)

Range

e. US (MD-FL to WI-TX)(1)

Print References

Blanchard F. (1917) Revision of the Throscidae of North America. (Coleoptera.) Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 43: 1-26. (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	A new species of Drapetes Megerle (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with taxonomic summaries and a key to the species of northern N.A. Johnson, P. J. 2015. Insecta Mundi; 445: 1-13.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 November, 2010 - 5:22am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2019 - 9:19pm

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