Drapetes rubricollis LeConte

Johnson, Paul J., 2015, A new species of Drapetes Megerle (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with taxonomic summaries and a key to the species of northern North America, Insecta Mundi 2015 (445), pp. 1-13 : 7

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5182608

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scientific name

Drapetes rubricollis LeConte
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Drapetes rubricollis LeConte

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Drapetes rubricollis LeConte 1863b: 82 (not Dejean, 1833: 84, 1836: 95; not LeConte 1863a: 44 nomen nudum); Crotch 1873: 66; Schwarz 1878: 452; Henshaw 1885: 72; Horn 1885: 207; Trumbull 1893: 151; Blatchley 1910: 774; Haimbach 1906: 38; Wickham 1908: 401; Schaeffer 1916: 62; Blanchard 1917: 6; Leng 1920: 177; Schenkling 1928: 8; Kirk 1969: 52; Peck and Thomas 1998: 71

Distribution. United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina.

Notes. This is a poorly known species in the southeastern states. With its red and black coloration it is sometimes misidentified as Drapetes bicolor (Laporte de Castelnau) . Drapetes rubricollis has the head black and the body is smaller and more evenly oval, while D. bicolor has strong blue reflections on the elytra, the head is concolorous with the pronotum, and it is known authoritatively from Cuba, Hispaniola, and The Bahamas (Andros I.).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Thymelaeaceae

Genus

Drapetes

Loc

Drapetes rubricollis LeConte

Johnson, Paul J. 2015
2015
Loc

Drapetes rubricollis

Peck, S. B. & M. C. Thomas 1998: 71
Kirk, V. M. 1969: 52
Schenkling, S. 1928: 8
Leng, C. W. 1920: 177
Blanchard, F. 1917: 6
Schaeffer, C. 1916: 62
Blatchley, W. S. 1910: 774
Wickham, H. F. 1908: 401
Haimbach, F. 1906: 38
Trumbull, A. 1893: 151
Henshaw, S. 1885: 72
Horn, G. H. 1885: 207
Schwarz, E. A. 1878: 452
Crotch, G. R. 1873: 66
LeConte, J. L. 1863: 82
LeConte, J. L. 1863: 44
Dejean, P. M. F. A. 1836: 95
Dejean, P. M. F. A. 1833: 84
1863
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