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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Clerinae » Enoclerus » Orange-banded Checkered Beetle (Enoclerus ichneumoneus)

Species Enoclerus ichneumoneus - Orange-banded Checkered Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Works Cited
Enoclerus ichneumoneus Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Fabricius) - Enoclerus ichneumoneus Enoclerus ichneumoneus Clerid walking on fine Viburnum twigs - Enoclerus ichneumoneus Checkered Beetle - Enoclerus ichneumoneus Enoclerus ichneumoneus? - Enoclerus ichneumoneus Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Checkered Beetle) - Enoclerus ichneumoneus Enoclerus ichneumoneus? - Enoclerus ichneumoneus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Clerinae
Genus Enoclerus
Species ichneumoneus (Orange-banded Checkered Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
knabi Wolcott(1)
Explanation of Names
Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Fabricius 1776)
Size
8-11 mm(2)
Identification
A very wide orangish-brown band across the middle of the elytra and an elongate scutellum(2)
Range
e. US (s.ON-FL to WI-TX) - Map (1)(3)
Food
Adults hunt for wood-boring insects; larvae prey on beetle larvae.(4)
Life Cycle
Lays eggs on the cracks of bark infested with wood-boring insects.(4)
See Also
Enoclerus vetus Wolcott
- Range: southmost TX
Det. V. Belov, 2010
Works Cited
1.The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.The Lives of Beetles: A Natural History of Coleoptera
Arthur V. Evans. 2023. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 April, 2025 - 12:35pm

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