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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae) » Lycinae » Calopterini » Calopteron » End-banded Net-Winged Beetle (Calopteron terminale)

Species Calopteron terminale - End-banded Net-Winged Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Net-Winged Beetle - Calopteron terminale

Calopteron terminale or reticulatum? - Calopteron terminale

End-Banded Net-Winged Beetle - Elytrum Up Dorsal - 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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