Semiotus ligneus

Semiotus ligneus is a species of click beetle from Central and South America.[1]

Semiotus ligneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Elateridae
Genus:
Semiotus
Species:
S. ligneus
Binomial name
Semiotus ligneus
Synonyms [1][2]
  • Elater ligneus Linnaeus, 1763
  • Elater lignarius Fabricius, 1792
  • Elater conicus Voet, 1806
  • Pericalle ligneus (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Pericallus ligneus (Linnaeus, 1763)

It grows to a total length of 15–44 millimetres (0.6–1.7 in),[1] and is 3.7–4.2 times as long as it is wide.[2] The larvae are 27 mm (1.1 in) long.[2] It closely resembles seed sheaths, which provides it with effective camouflage.[3]

S. ligneus is the most frequently collected species in the genus Semiotus.[2] Its closest relative is Semiotus serraticornis.[2]

References
  1. Maria Helena Parreira & Sônia A. Casari (2004). "Morphology of three Brazilian species of Semiotus (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Semiotinae)" (PDF). Iheringia. Zoology. 94 (3): 285–294. doi:10.1590/S0073-47212004000300011.
  2. Samuel A. Wells (2007). "Revision of the Neotropical click beetle genus Semiotus Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Elateridae)" (PDF). Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 514: 1–114.
  3. Mary Blair Beebe, C. William Beebe (1910). "A gold mine in the wilderness". Our Search for a Wilderness. An account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 165–213.


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