Species Isorhipis obliqua

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Beetle- False Click? - Isorhipis obliqua - female

Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Elaterid - Isorhipis obliqua

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 Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)

Subfamily Melasinae

Tribe Melasini

Genus Isorhipis

Species obliqua (Isorhipis obliqua)

Explanation of Names

Isorhipis obliqua (Say, 1839)

Size

5-10 mm(1)

Identification

Elongate, narrow, bicolored. Head, pronotum, underside mostly dark brown or black, appendages lighter. Antennomeres 4-10 flabellate in male, serrate in female. Pronotum with narrow groove limited to basal half. Elytra with distinct and punctate rows, yellowish with sides and tips dark brown. (2)

Range

e. NA (QC to GA-AR-TX)(3)

Habitat

Larvae develop in dry, hard heartwood of decaying hardwoods(2)

Season

mostly May-July (BG data)

Food

Hosts: various deciduous trees (Acer, Betula, Cornus, Fagus, Platanus), mainly in decaying soft wood(3)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project

2.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

3.	A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae Muona J. 2000. Acta Zool. Fenn. 212: 1‒106.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 November, 2006 - 11:08am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Otto, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, mfdigiro
Last updated 2 July, 2024 - 12:24pm

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