Ampedus areolatus
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Ampedus areolatus is a beetle from the family of click beetles (Elateridae) and the subfamily of Ampedinae . The species name areolatus comes from Latin and means "with small flat surfaces".
features
The hairy beetles reach a length of 4 to 5 millimeters, making them one of the smaller click beetles. The wings ( elytra ) have pale spots and are lighter in the front area. The mirror image pattern varies greatly within the species. The legs are yellow. The antennae, which are longer than the chest ( thorax ), are brown. The third antenna segment is twice as long as the second. Ampedus areolatus can be distinguished from the similarly small click beetle Ampedus luteolus by its paler color.
In a 1996 publication by Robert W. Poole and Patricia Gentili-Poole on a study of insects in North America, Ampedus areolatus and Ampedus pusio ( Germar , 1844) are considered to be a single identical click beetle species. This contradicts, for example, publications by Yves Bousquet (1991) on beetles in New Brunswick and Stewart B. Peck and Michael C. Thomas (1998) on beetles in Florida .
distribution
The distribution of the beetle is limited to North America, there in the eastern part from Texas to Québec . It can be observed especially in the months of May and June.
Web links
- Ampedus areolatus on bugguide.net (English)
- Ampedus areolatus at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
- Thomas Say : Descriptions of Coleopterous Insects in Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Philadelphia 1823 p. 139 ff. First description p. 167 as Elater areolatus (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sigmund Schenkling : Explanation of the scientific beetle names
- ↑ Publications Entomology of Cornell University , Volume 20, Page 49 (English)
- ↑ Ampedus areolatus in the NatureServe Explorer (English)
- ↑ Entry in the database of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (English)