Sarpedon
Species Guides
1Sarpedon is a of false click beetles in the Eucnemidae (Coleoptera). The genus contains multiple distributed across various regions. Members of Eucnemidae are characterized by their inability to produce the clicking sound typical of true click beetles (Elateridae), despite their similar appearance. Larvae of Eucnemidae typically develop in decaying wood.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Sarpedon: /sɑːrˈpiːdɒn/
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Similar Taxa
- ElateridaeTrue click beetles produce an audible clicking sound when righting themselves using a prosternal process; Eucnemidae including Sarpedon lack this mechanism despite superficial morphological similarity.
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Taxonomic note
The name Sarpedon has been used for multiple across different kingdoms. In entomology, Sarpedon is a of beetles (Eucnemidae), while Graphium sarpedon is a well-studied (Papilionidae) commonly known as the Common Blue Bottle or Common Bluebottle. Additionally, Hydropsyche sarpedon is a species of caddisfly (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) to Crete, Greece. The name originates from Greek mythology, where Sarpedon was the name of several heroic figures.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- iNaturalist taxon
- Catalogue of Life
- Graphium sarpedon Archives - Entomology Today
- Graphium-sarpedon - Entomology Today
- The Eyes of Common Bluebottle Butterflies Have 15 Photoreceptor Classes
- Unique regionalization and distribution of duplicated opsins in the eye of the Common Blue Bottle, Graphium sarpedon
- The larvae of Hydropsyche rhadamanthys Malicky 2001 and Hydropsyche sarpedon Malicky 2001 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae), endemics of Crete (South Aegean, Greece), with notes on their ecology