Species Heterocerus pallidus

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

Heteroceridae - Variegated Mud-loving Beetle - Heterocerus pallidus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Byrrhoidea

Family Heteroceridae (Variegated Mud-loving Beetles)

Genus Heterocerus

No Taxon (undatus species-group)

Species pallidus (Heterocerus pallidus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neoheterocerus pallidus (Say), Heterocerus ventralis Melsheimer 1844

Explanation of Names

Heterocerus pallidus Say 1823

Size

4.5-6.9 mm(1)

Identification

Elytra often testaceous, but may be dark brown, pronotum often with wide pale margins; some males hypermandibulate. Elytra dominated by pale markings that are highly variable in shape and definition; striae absent.(1)

Range

e NE to AB-AZ (NB-AB to VA-AL-TX-e.AZ); common from New England west to southern Alberta and south to eastern Arizona and the coast of Mississippi. Except for several records from Pennsylvania, it is not known to occur southeast of the Ohio River. A few records from Utah are the only evidence that this species occurs west of the Rocky Mountains. Mississippi appears to represent the extreme southeastern edge of the range; no specimens were seen from southern states east of Mississippi(1); however,

See Also

similar to H. gnatho; the two can be difficult to differentiate

Print References

Kaufmann T., Stansly P. (1979) Bionomics of Neoheterocerus pallidus Say (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) in Oklahoma. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 52: 565-577. (2)

Works Cited

1.	The variegated mud-loving beetles (Heteroceridae) of Mississippi and Alabama, with discussion and keys to se US spp. King, J.G. and P.K. Lago. 2012. Insecta Mundi 0275: 1-53.

2.	Bionomics of Neoheterocerus pallidus Say (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) in Oklahoma T. Kaufmann and P. Stansly. 1979. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 52: 565-577.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 December, 2012 - 4:25pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 20 December, 2022 - 8:30pm

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