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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Diaperina » Platydema » Platydema elliptica

Species Platydema elliptica

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Works Cited
Platydema Found Again - Platydema elliptica Chrysomelidae? - Platydema elliptica Coleoptera - Platydema elliptica Platydema ellipticm - Platydema elliptica Black and red beetle - Platydema elliptica Platydema elliptica Platydema ellipticum - Platydema elliptica Platydema ellipticum? - Platydema elliptica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Diaperini
Subtribe Diaperina
Genus Platydema
Species elliptica (Platydema elliptica)
Explanation of Names
Platydema elliptica (Fabricius 1798)
Size
4.4‒7.7 mm(1)
Identification
coloration distinctive (black with red elytral band)
Range
ON‒NY‒FL to ND‒UT‒TX(2)
Habitat
under bark, in shelf fungi, rotten wood(1)
Season
year round(1)
Food
associated with Phellinus gilvus, a woody shelf fungus that commonly grows on dead hardwood logs(3)
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
3.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 23 December, 2004 - 4:37pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2023 - 5:55pm

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