Red-and-black-beetle

Guides

• Spilodiscus gloveri

  clown beetle

  Spilodiscus gloveri is a species of clown beetle in the family Histeridae, first described by Horn in 1870. It is characterized by a black body with two distinctive red maculations (spots) on the elytra, a color pattern that inspired the genus name 'Spilodiscus' (spotted disc). The species occurs in North America, with documented records from the south-central and south-western United States.

  ColeopteraHisteridaeclown-beetleNorth-AmericaGreat-Plainsred-and-black-beetleground-beetlespring-active

• Stenispa collaris

  Bicolored Smooth Hispine

  Stenispa collaris is a small hispine beetle in the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae. Adults are narrowly elongate and cylindrical with a distinctive color pattern: shining black body, bright red thorax, and cupreo-aeneous (coppery-bronze) elytra. The species occurs across the central and eastern United States, from New York to Texas. Despite being a member of the hispine group—many of which are specialized leaf miners—no host plant has been documented for this species.

  leaf-beetlehispineChrysomelidaeCassidinaeNorth-Americared-and-black-beetlemetallic-elytra