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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Stenochiinae » Stenochiini » Strongylium » Strongylium crenatum

Species Strongylium crenatum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
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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 Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Stenochiinae
Tribe Stenochiini
Genus Strongylium
Species crenatum (Strongylium crenatum)
Explanation of Names
Strongylium crenatum Mäklin 1864
crenatum refers to scalloped (crenate) sides of pronotum
Size
7.4-10.8 mm(1)
Identification
Uniformly brownish, including uniformly-colored antennae. Pronotum does not have distinct margin, but has crenate edges.
Range
e. US (MD-so.OH-so.IA to FL-e.TX)(2)
Habitat
reared from decayed logs(1); comes to sugar bait and to lights
Season
Adults: May-Sep(1)(3), mostly June-July (BG data)
Works Cited
1.A review of Strongylium of America north of Mexico, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
Triplehorn C.A., Spilman T.J. 1973. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 99: 1-27.
2.Distribution of Strongylium crenatum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the United States and first record from Iowa
E.L. Freese. 2011. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 44: 190-195.
3.A checklist of the darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Maryland...
W.E. Steiner, Jr. 2008. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 15: 133-140.
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 January, 2011 - 10:19am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 17 November, 2021 - 9:39am

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