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Species Anaspis rufa

False flower beetle from Washington 10.07.16 - Anaspis rufa Anaspis rufa  - Anaspis rufa Small light brown beetle - Anaspis rufa Beetle - Anaspis rufa Mordellid/Scraptiid? - Anaspis rufa Brown flower beetle - Anaspis rufa Brown flower beetle - Anaspis rufa Scraptiid - Anaspis rufa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Scraptiidae (False Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Anaspidinae
Tribe Anaspidini
Genus Anaspis
Species rufa (Anaspis rufa)
Explanation of Names
Anaspis rufa Say 1825
Size
2.8-4.0 mm(1)(2)
Range
widely dist. (NF-AK to VA-KS-CA) - Map (3)(1)(4)(5)
Habitat
on flowers and vegetation in forests and edges; comes to light(1)
Season
late spring and early summer(1)
Remarks
very common
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.The Beetles of the Pacific Northwest
Hatch, M. 1953. University of Washington publications in biology, Volume 16. University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.California Beetle Project
5.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)