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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Chauliognathinae » Chauliognathini » Chauliognathus » Chauliognathus scutellaris

Species Chauliognathus scutellaris

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Texan Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus scutellaris

Chauliognathus scutellaris LeConte - Chauliognathus scutellaris

Chauliognathus scutellaris LeConte - Chauliognathus scutellaris - male - female

Chauliognathus - Chauliognathus scutellaris

Unknown beetle - Chauliognathus scutellaris

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 Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)

Subfamily Chauliognathinae

Tribe Chauliognathini

Genus Chauliognathus

Species scutellaris (Chauliognathus scutellaris)

Other Common Names

Texas Soldier Beetle

Explanation of Names

Chauliognathus scutellaris LeConte 1853

scutellaris refers to dark triangular pattern surrounding scutellum

Size

male: 0.48 (inches, presumably) = 12 mm length (LeConte, 1853)

Identification

Det. E.G. Riley, 2009

Quoting the original description:

Body slender, black, finely pubescent; head moderately elongated, third joint of the antennae one half as long as the 4th; thorax a little longer than wide, rounded at the apex, reflexed at the sides, margined and slightly sinuate at base, disc uneven, without luster, yellow, with two large confluent black spots. Elytra without luster, coarsely punctured, yellow, with a large common triangular spot at the base, and another elongate one on each behind the middle, black. Abdomen yellow.

Range

NM-TX-OK / n. Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Season

Spring & Fall populations (2)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1853. Description of twenty new species of Coleoptera inhabiting the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 226-235 (BHL link, p 230).

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	The Chauliognathini of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera-Cantharidae). Parts 1 & 2 Fender K.M. 1964. Northwest Science 38: 52–64, 95-106.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Cotinis on 11 December, 2006 - 9:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2021 - 1:08pm

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