Species Phloeodes diabolicus - Diabolical Ironclad Beetle

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

Diabolical Ironclad Beetle - Phloeodes diabolicus

Beetles from lake castaic area of southern california - Phloeodes diabolicus

Darkling Beetle Species - Phloeodes diabolicus

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 Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)

Subfamily Zopherinae (Ironclad Beetles)

Tribe Zopherini

Genus Phloeodes

Species diabolicus (Diabolical Ironclad Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

see(1)

Explanation of Names

Phloeodes diabolicus (LeConte 1851)

Size

15-25 mm(2); elytra plus prothorax: 16-22 mm (García-Paris et al. 2006)

Identification

Dorsal color can vary from pale brown to dark gray. Apical part of elytra, as well as shoulders, may have creamy brown to golden patches.

For a full redescription of this species please see García-Paris et al (2006).

Range

CA-AZ-Baja(1)

Habitat

Woodlands, Found under loose bark of oak, cottonwood

Print References

García-Paris M., Coca-Abia M.M., Parra-Olea G. (2006) Re-evaluation of the genera Phloeodes, Noserus and Nosoderma (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) with description of a new species of Nosoderma from northern México. Ann. Soc. ent. fr. 42(2): 215-230.

Works Cited

1.	A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) I.A. Foley & M.A. Ivie. 2008. Zootaxa 1928: 1-72.

2.	National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America Arthur V. Evans. 2007. Sterling.

Contributed by Cotinis on 12 August, 2004 - 2:19pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 17 April, 2022 - 2:35pm

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