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Species Calopteron terminale - End-banded Net-Winged Beetle

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End Band Net-wing Beetle - Calopteron terminale I believe it is an end band net wing beetle. It was seen in Spruce Woods Provincial Park near Carberry Manitoba on the 17th of A - Calopteron terminale Needs ID - Calopteron terminale Calopteron terminale Calopteron terminale Net-winged Beetle - Calopteron terminale End-banded Net-Winged Beetle - Calopteron terminale Calopteron terminale? - Calopteron terminale

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 Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)
Subfamily Lycinae
Tribe Calopterini
Genus Calopteron
Species terminale (End-banded Net-Winged Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Calopteron terminale (Say 1823)

Size

8.5-16 mm(1)

Identification

Middle band lacking or reduced compared to other members of this genus.
"blue tinge and the transverse depression across the elytra." See comment here
If middle band present, dark area does not continue as a black strip along the suture to the scutellum.

Range

e NA (NB-MB to FL-OK)(1)(2)

Habitat

Woodlands, esp. deciduous forests

Life Cycle

Eggs are deposited on dead or dying trees. Larvae prey on small arthropods under bark.

See Also

Caenia dimidiata | Lycomorpha pholus--a moth!

Print References

(3)

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.
3.The Lycidae of the United States and Canada IV. The tribe Calopterini (Coleoptera)
John Wagener Green. 1952. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 78, No. 1 .
Contributed by Cotinis on 24 October, 2004 - 12:11pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, Nick Block, v belov, PaleoJon, Arturo Santos
Last updated 11 July, 2022 - 2:08pm

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