Species Conotelus mexicanus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Sap-Feeding Beetle (Conotelus mexicanus) - Conotelus mexicanus

shaken from a flower - Conotelus mexicanus

Conotelus mexicanus? - Conotelus mexicanus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Nitidulid series)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Subfamily Cillaeinae

Genus Conotelus

Species mexicanus (Conotelus mexicanus)

Explanation of Names

Conotelus mexicanus Murray 1804

Size

3.5-4 mm(1)

Identification

Closely related to C. obscurus, but the prothorax is a little narrower, the upper surface more opaque and more rugose, legs and elytra darker, and the male pygidium less deeply emarginate.(1)

Range

sw. US (CA to w. TX) to Panama - Map (1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 February, 2007 - 11:25am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 November, 2022 - 9:01pm

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