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1 Common Families 1. Buprestidae, Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles Common Families 1. Buprestidae, Metallic Wood-boring Beetles • Generally elongate, broadly flattened, or narrowly cylindrical • Usually metallic with iridescent underneath • antennae serrate with 11 antennomeres • Tarsal formula 5-5-5, claws equal in size • Abdomen with five ventrites, first two fused together Similar families: Eucnemidae, Elateridae, Erotylidae Where/how to collect: Most active during hottest part of the day, found resting on tree trunks or flowers/foliage. Woodland species found sunning on dead/dying tree trunks/limbs. 2. Cantharidae, Soldier Beetles • Long, soft bodied beetles, often resembling fireflies • Head NOT completely concealed under pronotum; but DOES often droop when pinned • Antennae long, usually filiform with 11 antennomeres • Pronotum flat and usually wider than head • Elytra are soft • Tarsal formula 5-5-5 • Abdomen with seven or eight ventrites Similar families: Lycidae, Phengodidae, Lampyridae, Omethidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Cerambycidae Where/how to collect: Found feeding or mating on flowers during the day. Goldenrod Soldier Beetles, Chauliognathus pensylvanicus, is the most common Cantharnid in Kansas and commonly found in great numbers on Goldenrod in late summer/early fall. 3. Carabidae, Ground beetles -Adephaga • Elongate, flattened, or almost cylindrical • Generally hairless and somewhat tapered at both ends • Antennae filiform or moniliform with 11 antennomeres • Pronotum generally narrower than elytra • Elytra always completely covering the abdomen • Hind trochanter large and often offset from femur • Tarsal formula 5-5-5 • Abdomen usually with six ventrites, first ventrite divided by hind coxae Similar families: Lucanidae, Laemophloeidae, Bothrideridae, Zopheridae, Tenebrionidae, Oedemeridae, Pythidae, Salpingidae, Cerambycidae, Brentidae Where/how to collect: Under bark, rocks, boards, logs; along banks of streams, rivers, and ponds. Generally found on or very near the ground. 1 4. Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles • Extremely variable in shape and size • Antennae at least half as long as the body, but often as long as or longer • Eyes usually notched at base of antennae • Tarsal formula 5-5-5, but appear 4-4-4 • Abdomen with five ventricles Similar families: Lucanidae, Cantharidae, Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Orsodacnidae, some Chrysomelidae Where/how to collect: On flowers or nearby vegetation; nocturnal species will be attracted to lights; specifically in open areas around wooded areas. 5. Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles • EXTREMELY variable in size/shape and hard to characterize • Antennae with 11 antennomeres, but highly variable in style • Tarsal formula 5-5-5, but appear 4-4-4 Similar families: Cleridae ,Melyridae, Erotylidae, Endomychidae, Coccinellidae, Tenebrionidae, Anthicidae, Cerambycidae, Attelabidae, Curculionidae Where/how to collect: Can be found on a wide variety of vegetation and collected using sweep nets, beat sheets, hand collecting, emerging from seeds/pods. 6. Cleridae, Checkered beetles • Generally elongate, narrow, somewhat cylindrical • Often covered in bristly setae • Broad heads with bulging eyes • Pronotum narrower than elytra, generally longer than wide • Antennae with 9-11 antennomeres • Tarsal formula 5-5-5 • Abdomen with five or six ventricles Similar families: Micromalthidae, Cantharidae, Melyridae, Pyrochroidae, Salpingidae, Anthicidae, Aderidae Where/how to collect: Can be found on flowers, trees, and other vegetation. Several species attracted to lights. Some species will also be attracted to carrion and dried meats. 7. Coccinellidae, Lady-bird beetles • Typically oval and convex, often colored red and black • Antennae clavate, with 7-11 antennomeres • Prothorax convex, wider than long • Tarsal formula 4-4-4, but appear 3-3-3 • Abdomen with five to seven ventrites Similar families: Leiodidae, Scirtidae, Erotylidae, Phalacridae, Endomychidae, Corylophidae, Chrysomelidae Where/how to collect: Hand collect on flowering plants, especially those which have aphids on them. Also found while sweeping/beating a variety of plants. 2 8. Curculionidae, True Weevils • INCREDIBLY diverse, largest family of beetles • Broadly oval, long, and cylindrical • Antennae clubbed and elbowed with 11 antennomeres • Antennae fit into groove along snout • Tarsal formula 5-5-5, but often appear 4-4-4 • Abdomen with five ventrites, first two usually fused Similar families: Salpingidae, Nemonychidae, Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae Where/how to collect: Most easily collected by sweeting/beating a variety of foliage. Some species attracted to lights. Many species will play dead when disturbed and resemble seeds. 9. Elateridae, Click Beetles • Long, somewhat flattened • Generally brown or black, sometimes with distinctive markings • Often covered in setae or scales • Prothorax flattened and ridged on sides with sharp, backwards pointing posterior angles • Tarsal formula 5-5-5 • Abdomen with five ventrites, 1-4 fused together Similar families: Buprestidae, Eucnemidae, Throscidae, Erotylidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae Where/how to collect: Sweeping and beating forested/wooded areas around edges. Some species attracted to lights. 10. Gyrinidae, Whirlygig beetles -Adephaga • Oval, flattened, and uniformly dark or black • Antennae short and clubbed, with 8-11 antennomeres • Eyes distinctly divided • Tarsal formula 5-5-5, middle and hind legs flattened and paddle-like • Abdomen with six ventrites Similar families: None. Divided eyes and paddle-like legs are distinctive Where/how to collect: Generally on the surface of slow moving streams or other bodies of water. Erratic movements can make them hard to collect, but using an aquatic/fishtank net is most effective. 11. Lampyridae, Fireflies • Soft-bodied and flattened • Head covered by pronotum that is nearly as wide as elytra • Antennae filiform or serrate, with 11 antennomeres • Tarsal formula 5-5-5 • Abdomen with seven (male) or 8 (female) ventrites • Often with bioluminescent organs on last abdominal segments Similar families: Lycidae, Phengodidae, Omethidae, Cantharidae 3 Where/how to collect: Easily catchable starting at dusk during the summer months. Can be collected in the air as well on as vegetation. Use bioluminescence to hone in on individuals. 12. Lucanidae, Stag beetles • Robust, oval or elongate, somewhat flattened to nearly cylindrical • Usually dull, shiny black to reddish-brown • Mandibles prominent and visible from above – usually more developed in males • Antennae variable with 10 antennomeres • Pronotum narrower at base than elytra and lack ridges, grooves, horns, or projections • Tarsal formula 5-5-5 • Abdomen with five ventrites Similar families: Carabidae, Trogidae, Ochodaeidae, Scarabaeidae, Bostrichidae, Trogossitidae, Tenebrionidae Where/how to collect: Most active in late spring through midsummer in moist, wooded habitats. Most species fly at dusk and early evening. Can be found walking up tree trunks or on downed logs. 13. Meloidae, Blister Beetles • Typically elongate, soft-bodied, variable in coloration • Antennae usually filiform or moniliform with 11 antennomeres • Pronotum usually narrower than both head and elytra • Eltrya soft • Tarsal formula 5-5-4 • Abdomen with six ventrites Similar families: Cantharidae, Tenebrionidae, Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Pyrochoridae, Anthicidae Where/how to collect: Typically found mating or feeding on flowers in spring/summer. Collect by hand, sweeping, beating. Some attracted to light, flightless species collected in pitfall traps. 14. Passalidae, Bess beetles • Large, shiny black • Horned in both sexes • Elytra distinctly deeply grooved • Antennae lamellate with 10 thick antennomere • Tarsal formaula 5-5-5, claws simple and equal • Abdomen with five ventrites Similar families: Lucanidae Where/how to collect: Most active in late spring/early summer. Commonly found under bark in rotting hardwood and pine logs/snags. 4 15. Scarabaeidae, Scarab beetles • Oval-oblong bodies, somewhat flattened or cylindrical • Color variable from black to brown to orange to metallic green, yellow, and more. Often with blotched or striped patterns. • Lamellate antennae with 8-10 antennomeres; can spread out like a fan at ends. • Pronotum variable, can be ornamented with horns or other structures. • Tarsal formula 5-5-5, claws variable • Abdomen with six ventrites Similar families: Lucanidae, Glaresidae, Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Ochodaeidae, Hybosoridae, Glaphyridae Where/how to collect: Nocturnal species strongly attracted to lights. Can easily be caught by sweeping/beating. Sap feeders can be attracted to handing traps baited with rotting fruit. Dung beetles can be caught in pitfall traps baited with feces. 16. Silphidae, Carrion and Burying beetles • Strongly flattened and mostly black, although often with yellow, orange, or reddish markings on pronotum and elytra • Antennae with 11 antennomeres and are either gradually or abruptly clubbed • Pronotum broader than head • Elytra never grooved, but either smooth or rough, sometimes with longitudinal ridges or branched ribs • Tarsal formula 5-5-5, simple claws equal in size • Abdomen with six (female) or seven (males) ventrites Similar families: Agyrtidae Where/how to collect: On or under vertebrate carcasses 17. Staphylinidae, Rove beetles • Diverse in form • Many species are have long, slender, flexible abdomens • Antennae filiform or clavate • Elytra short leaving five to six absominal tergites exposed • Smaller species have three to five tergites exposed • Tarsal formula usually 5-5-5 or 3-3-3, but can also be 2-2-2, 4-4-4,
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