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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Flat Bark Beetles (Cucujidae) » Cucujus » Red Flat Bark Beetle (Cucujus clavipes)

Species Cucujus clavipes - Red Flat Bark Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Cucujus clavipes Fabricius - Cucujus clavipes

Cucujus clavipes - eclosed from pupa - Cucujus clavipes

Red Flat Bark Beetle, dorsalX - Cucujus clavipes

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Cucujid series)

Family Cucujidae (Flat Bark Beetles)

Genus Cucujus

Species clavipes (Red Flat Bark Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Cucujus clavipes Fabricius 1777

Numbers

2 sspp., both in our area (Lee & Thomas 2011)

Size

Adult 10-14 mm

Identification

differences between subspecies are more pronounced in larvae than in adults (Lee & Thomas 2011)

Range

most of NA north to NF-AK(1)(2)

Habitat

under loose bark of deciduous trees(1)

Food

presumably predaceous on other arthropods

Life Cycle

Print References

Lee J., Thomas M.C. (2011) Clarification of the taxonomic status of Cucujus clavipes with descriptions of the larvae of C. c. clavipes and C. c. puniceus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Fla. Entomol. 94: 145–150 (Full text)

Sformo T., Walters K., Jeannet K., Wowk B., Fahy G.M., Barnes B.M., Duman J.G. (2010) Deep supercooling, vitrification and limited survival to -100°C in the Alaskan beetle Cucujus clavipes puniceus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) larvae. J. Exper. Biol. 213: 502–509

Smith D.B., Sears M.K. (1982) Mandibular structure and feeding habits of three morphologically similar coleopterous larvae Cucujus clavipes (Cucujidae), Dendroides canadensis (Pyrochroidae), and Pytho depressus (Salpingidae). Can. Entomol. 114: 173-175.

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 Stephen_WV on 1 October, 2004 - 7:09am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2022 - 10:08am

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