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Species Hypnoidus abbreviatus - Abbreviated Wireworm

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Dendrometrinae
Tribe Hypnoidini
Genus Hypnoidus
Species abbreviatus (Abbreviated Wireworm)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hypnoidus abbreviatus (Say, 1823)
Identification
A diagnostic feature is the relatively pubescent scutellum
Remarks
Abbreviated wireworm is the ESA approved common name for this species.