Perilypus ornaticollis (LeConte, 1880)

Chapman, Eric G., Leavengood, John M. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2025, The Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of eastern North America, with illustrated keys, updated distributions, and special emphasis on the Kentucky fauna, Zootaxa 5639 (1), pp. 1-88 : 52-53

Perilypus ornaticollis (LeConte, 1880) ; Cleridae : Clerinae : Clerini

Illustrations: Plate 3-L. Key to clerid genera, couplet 14-E, couplet 20-D, E, F

Distribution: LA to OH to IN to TX and south into Mexico.

- Reported from: AR, IN, LA, OH, TN, TX and Mexico ( Ekis 1977).

Natural History: Very little has been published on the natural history of this species.

Mimicry: Thought to be a lampyrid mimic ( Ekis 1977).

Note: Most species in the genus Phyllobaenus are thought to be ant mimics ( Mawdsley 1994).