Species Cryptoglossa variolosa

Classification

Tenebrionid Beetle - Cryptoglossa variolosa

Ironclad Beetle - Cryptoglossa variolosa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Pimeliinae

Tribe Centriopterini

Genus Cryptoglossa (Death-feigning Beetles)

Species variolosa (Cryptoglossa variolosa)

Contributed by Kojun Kanda on 25 September, 2007 - 5:51pm

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