Texas Beetle Information

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Orange-banded Clerid 

Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Fabricius, 1776) 

Family Cleridae, Subfamily Clerinae


 

Orange-banded Clerid - Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Fabricius, 1776) 

Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge
9 mi ne of Henryetta, Okmulgee Co., Oklahoma
April 22, 2003 (Charles Schurch Lewallen)


Texas County Records for Enoclerus ichneumoneus

Orange-banded Clerid - Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Fabricius, 1776) 

County Record Data from E.G. Riley, Dec. 2005


Range: Canada to Florida, Utah, California, Arizona, Texas (Wolcott, 1947).

Biology: Both larvae and adults are predacious. Larvae feed on wood-boring insects.

Habitat: More common in bottomland hardwood forests than in upland forests (Warriner et al, 2004)

Similar Species: There are 32 species of Enoclerus (Arnett et al, 2002). 

Texas Taxa:

Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Fabricius) 
Enoclerus quadrisignatus
(Say) 
Enoclerus vetus
Wolcott

Clerid ID Aids

North American Cleridae associated with conifers - Bruce D. Ayres & W. F. Barr.
A Guide to the Cleridae of Atlantic Canada - Christopher Majka

Etymology: Enoclerus ichneumoneus (Fabricius, 1776) 

en (G). In, into - or - eno (G). Wine
cler, -i, -o, =us (G). A lot, portion; a kind of insect
ichneum, -on (G). A tracker; a kind of wasp

Biography: Johan Christian Fabricius (1745-1808), Danish botanist and entomologist - Wikipedia


References:

Arnett, R.H., Jr., N.M. Downie, H. E. Jaques. 1980. How to Know the Beetles. Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, IA. 416 pp.

Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.

Ayres, M. 2003. Literature search for clerid or cleridae or Thanasimus or Enoclerus. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 56 pp.

Barr, W.F. 1962. A key to the genera and a classification of the North American Cleridae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists’s Bulletin 16(4): 121-127.

Borror, D.J. 1960. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. National Press Books, Palo Alto. v + 134 pp.

Böving, A.G., & A.B. Champlain. 1920. Larvae of North American beetles of the family Cleridae: Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 57: 575–649. 

Mawdsley, J.R. 1999. New records and biological notes on species of Cleridae (Coleoptera) from the Adirondack Park, New York. Great Lakes Entomologist 32: 39-45.

Papp, C.S. 1984. Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Publications, Sacramento. 335 pp.

Warriner, M.D., T.E. Nebeker, S.A. Tucker, & T.L. Schiefer. 2004. Comparison of Saproxylic Beetle (Coleoptera) Assemblages in Upland Hardwood and Bottomland Hardwood Forests. Pp. 150-153. in: M.A. Spetich, (editor). Upland oak ecology symposium: history, current conditions, and sustainability. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–73. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 311 pp.

White, R.E. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 368 pp.

Wolcott, A.B. 1947. Catalogue of North American Beetles of the Family Cleridae. Fieldiana: Zoology, 32(2):61-105.


14 Jun 2008  © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Information