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Species Phyllobaenus arizonicus

Phyllobaenus arizonicus (Schaeffer) - Phyllobaenus arizonicus Clerid - Phyllobaenus arizonicus Arizona Beetle for ID - Phyllobaenus arizonicus Arizona Beetle for ID - Phyllobaenus arizonicus Arizona Beetle for ID - Phyllobaenus arizonicus Arizona Beetle for ID - Phyllobaenus arizonicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Hydnocerinae
Genus Phyllobaenus
Species arizonicus (Phyllobaenus arizonicus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllobaenus arizonicus (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Hydnocera arizonica Schaeffer 1908
Size
Length 4.5 mm (Schaeffer 1908)
Range
AZ (1)
Life Cycle
common on oak in July and August (Schaeffer 1908)
Remarks
Type Locality: Huachuca Mts., Arizona
See Also
"Very similar in sculpture color and markings to pallipennis from which it differs in the longer parallel elytra always covering the abdomen the obliquely rounded sides at apex and the non serrate apices of elytra." (Schaeffer 1908)
- Range: TX-FL-ME-NE / Ont.

Phyllobaenus discoideus (LeConte)
- Range: CA-TX-CO-UT / Mex
Det. E. G. Riley, 2011
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1908. On new and known Coleoptera of the families Coccinellidae and Cleridae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 16(3): 125-135. Full Text
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of North American beetles of the family Cleridae
Wolcott A.B. 1947. Fieldiana: Zoology 32: 63–105.