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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles (Scirtoidea) » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Sacodes » Sacodes pulchella

Species Sacodes pulchella

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Scirtidae, dorsal - Sacodes pulchella Marsh Beetle - Sacodes pulchella Marsh Beetle - Sacodes pulchella Beautiful Marsh beetle - Sacodes pulchella Marsh Beetle - Sacodes pulchella Marsh Beetle - Sacodes pulchella Tried but failed to identify this very distinctly marked beetle - Sacodes pulchella Sacodes pulchella
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Scirtoidea (Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles)
Family Scirtidae (Marsh Beetles)
Genus Sacodes
Species pulchella (Sacodes pulchella)
Other Common Names
Beautiful Marsh Beetle (BMB)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sacodes pulchella (Guérin-Méneville)
Orig. Comb: Elodes pulchella Guerin-Meneville 1843
Explanation of Names
pulchella = 'beautiful'
Size
3.5-5.0 mm(1)
Identification
elytral spots may coalesce:
Range
e. NA (NS-ON to FL-TX)(2)(1)
Habitat
forests; on tree trunks and vegetation; come to light(1)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 5 June, 2006 - 2:31am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 June, 2016 - 5:20pm

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