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Genus Dascillus

Soft-bodied Plant Beetle - Dascillus? - Dascillus davidsoni

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Dascilloidea

Family Dascillidae (Soft-bodied Plant Beetles)

Genus Dascillus

Explanation of Names

Dascillus Latreille 1796

Numbers

two forms in our area(1), recently synonymized into one species; more in the Old World

Size

♂ 8.0-13.5 mm, ♀ up to 20 mm(2)

Range

in our area, n. & c. CA(1)(2)

Habitat

adults on fruit trees, larvae on roots(2)

Season

early spring(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Field Guide to Beetles of California Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 12 May, 2006 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 4 May, 2022 - 10:15am

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