Image of Texas Soldier Beetle

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Texas Soldier Beetle

Chauliognathus scutellaris Le Conte 1853

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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developmental mode

Insect Development
holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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eat

Global Biotic Interactions

Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. (Mexican hat)
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Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray (stiff greenthread)
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Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Herter (Hopi tea greenthread)
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Plectocephalus americanus (Nutt.) D. Don (Centaurea americana)

geographic distribution

United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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have host

Global Biotic Interactions

Prosopis glandulosa Torr. (honey mesquite)
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Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby (broom snakeweed)

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

2142

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

970

number of research grade records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

801

type specimen repository

Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791

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visit

Global Biotic Interactions

Plectocephalus americanus (Nutt.) D. Don (Centaurea americana)

visit flowers of

Global Biotic Interactions

Prosopis glandulosa Torr. (honey mesquite)
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Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. (golden tickseed)
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Convolvulus arvensis L. (Field Bindweed)
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Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. (silverleaf nightshade)