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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Luperini » Luperina-subtribe » Section Scelidites » Triarius » Triarius nigroflavus

Species Triarius nigroflavus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Red-nosed beetle - Triarius nigroflavus - male Beetle on Encelia - Triarius nigroflavus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Luperini
Subtribe Luperina-subtribe
No Taxon (Section Scelidites)
Genus Triarius
Species nigroflavus (Triarius nigroflavus)
Explanation of Names
Triarius nigroflavus Riley, Clark & Gilbert, 2001
Identification
sexually dimorphic (BG images show males); females are larger, with orange head and pronotum and a yellow elytra border with black and a longitudinal black stripe in the middle of each elytron. I have only seen records from Orange County on Adenostoma. (A.J. Gilbert, pers. comm. to =v= 15.xi.2010)
Range
CA (1)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by v belov on 12 November, 2010 - 8:47am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 September, 2015 - 8:08pm

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