Species Petalium bistriatum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)

Subfamily Dorcatominae

Genus Petalium

Species bistriatum (Petalium bistriatum)

Explanation of Names

Petalium bistriatum (Say 1825)

Size

1.5-1.9 mm(1); 1.8-3 mm(2)

Identification

Typically with reddish pronotum and black elytra, but may be all black. Pronotum distinctly rugose compared to shiny elytra. Pronotal sulcus crescent shaped. Elytral strial punctures become diminished in size apically, becoming more or less obsolete.

Range

e US (ON-FL to WI-MO-TX)(3)(1)

Habitat

reared from Quercus ilicifolia and Q. velutina(2), taken from Q. buckleyi in c. TX(4)

Season

Jul-Aug in WI(1), Apr-Jul in c. TX(4)

Works Cited

1.	Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.

2.	A revision of the genus Petalium LeConte in the United States, Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) Ford, E.J. 1973. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 1467.

3.	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.

4.	Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 2 September, 2012 - 6:51pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Tim Moyer, v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2024 - 6:56pm

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