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Species Rhagonycha lineola

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Cantharinae
Tribe Cantharini
Genus Rhagonycha
Species lineola (Rhagonycha lineola)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhagonycha lineola (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Cantharis lineola Fabricius 1792
Numbers
46 spp. in this genus n. of Mex. (1)
Size
4-6.5 mm (2); 5.5-7.0 mm (3); perhaps to 8 mm (living specimen)
Identification

Det. Georges Pelletier, 2013
Range
e US, Ont. (TX-FL-NH-IL) - Map (3)(4); mostly se US
Season
March-June (BG data); May-July in northern part of range (3)
Life Cycle
82 specimens collected Mar-Apr., mostly on oaks, during two yrs of c. TX arboreal surveys (5)
Internet References
Species page - Cantharidae of Eastern Canada (3)
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.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.
3.The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States
Pelletier G., Hébert C. 2014. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 25.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.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 Unpublished Thesis.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 Ken Wolgemuth on 8 February, 2013 - 5:25pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 June, 2021 - 11:36am

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