Korynetes caeruleus also known as the steely blue beetle is a predatory beetle in the family Cleridae. The species name is occasionally misspelled as "coeruleus" (e.g.,[1]), but the spelling caeruleus is preserved by Opinion 604 of the ICZN, issued in 1961.[2]
The adult is between 3.5 and 6.5 mm (0.14 and 0.26 in) long, has reddish-brown antennae, a scantily spotted brown head and neck shield, and shiny blue elytra. The larvae live in tunnelled wood that has been infested by the common furniture beetle and the deathwatch beetle and they feed on the larvae of these wood-damaging insects. The presence of Korynetes caeruleus indicates a heavy infestation of either woodboring insect. Adult females mate and lay eggs near or just inside exit holes, then die.[3] It is not to be confused with Necrobia rufipes, which is also a steely blue beetle in the family Cleridae. Both beetles have a significance in forensic entomology but for different reasons.
^Opinion 604 Korynetes Herbst, (1792), and Necrobia Olivier, 1795: added to the Official List (Insecta, Coleoptera)
^Unger, A.; Schniewind, Arno; Unger, W. (2001). Conservation of Wood Artifacts: A Handbook. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 87–88. ISBN978-3-540-41580-0.
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korynetes, caeruleus, also, known, steely, blue, beetle, predatory, beetle, family, cleridae, species, name, occasionally, misspelled, coeruleus, spelling, caeruleus, preserved, opinion, iczn, issued, 1961, scientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, ar. Korynetes caeruleus also known as the steely blue beetle is a predatory beetle in the family Cleridae The species name is occasionally misspelled as coeruleus e g 1 but the spelling caeruleus is preserved by Opinion 604 of the ICZN issued in 1961 2 Korynetes caeruleusKorynetes caeruleusScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder ColeopteraFamily CleridaeGenus KorynetesSpecies KorynetesBinomial nameKorynetes caeruleus De Geer 1775 SynonymsClerus caeruleus DeGeer 1775 Attelabus geoffroyanus Laicharting 1783 Clerus nigrocoeruleus Geoffroy 1799 Korynetes coeruleus DeGeer 1775 Missp Korynetes cyanellus Dejean 1837 Korynetes unicolor Chevrolat 1876 Korynetes meridionalis Obenberger 1916 Korynetes obenbergeri Jansson 1936The adult is between 3 5 and 6 5 mm 0 14 and 0 26 in long has reddish brown antennae a scantily spotted brown head and neck shield and shiny blue elytra The larvae live in tunnelled wood that has been infested by the common furniture beetle and the deathwatch beetle and they feed on the larvae of these wood damaging insects The presence of Korynetes caeruleus indicates a heavy infestation of either woodboring insect Adult females mate and lay eggs near or just inside exit holes then die 3 It is not to be confused with Necrobia rufipes which is also a steely blue beetle in the family Cleridae Both beetles have a significance in forensic entomology but for different reasons References edit Australian Faunal Directory biodiversity org au Retrieved 2024 02 09 Opinion 604 Korynetes Herbst 1792 and Necrobia Olivier 1795 added to the Official List Insecta Coleoptera Unger A Schniewind Arno Unger W 2001 Conservation of Wood Artifacts A Handbook Springer Science amp Business Media pp 87 88 ISBN 978 3 540 41580 0 External links editEntomologie Stuttgart Archived 2018 10 19 at the Wayback Machine Image nbsp This Cleroidea related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Korynetes caeruleus amp oldid 1205337289, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
