Species Anthocomus equestris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Beetle in the bathroom - Anthocomus equestris

soft-winged flower beetle - Anthocomus equestris - male

Cleridae? (Checkered Beetle)? - Anthocomus equestris

Small Black and Orange Beetle - Anthocomus equestris - female

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 Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Subfamily Malachiinae

Tribe Malachiini

Subtribe Ebaeina

Genus Anthocomus

Species equestris (Anthocomus equestris)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anthocomus bipunctatus (Harrer 1784)

Explanation of Names

Anthocomus equestris (Fabricius 1781)

Identification

Adult: head, pronotum, and scutellum dark greenish-black; pronotum with rounded lateral corners; antennae serrate, all black or with paler 3-4 basal segments; elytra orangish-red with large black patch along inner margin about two-thirds distance from base (the patch tapers laterally and may or may not reach outer margin); abdomen black with pointed tip extending beyond elytra; femur of all legs blackish on basal half, light brown on distal half and remainder of leg

Range

native to Eurasia, adventive in NA (ON + e. US south to NC)(1)(2)(3)

Habitat

adults are found on flowers of herbaceous plants, and may be attracted to light

Works Cited

1.	The beetle fauna of Rhode Island: an annotated checklist Sikes D.S. 2004. The Biota of Rhode Island, v. 3. Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Kingston, RI. vi + 296 pp.

2.	Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska

3.	NCSU insect collection species inventory database

Contributed by tom murray on 30 April, 2006 - 7:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 21 March, 2014 - 6:59pm

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