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Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn
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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
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Ayres, M. 2003. Literature search for clerid or cleridae or Thanasimus or Enoclerus. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 56 pp.
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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
