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Species Epuraea pallescens

Epuraea erichsoni - Epuraea pallescens - male Epuraea erichsoni - Epuraea pallescens - male Epuraea erichsoni - Epuraea pallescens - male Epuraea erichsoni - Epuraea pallescens - male Nitidulid - Epuraea pallescens Dull orange beetle - Epuraea pallescens Dull orange beetle - Epuraea pallescens Epuraea pallescens - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Epuraeinae
Genus Epuraea
No Taxon (Subgenus Epuraea)
Species pallescens (Epuraea pallescens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epuraea erichsoni Reitter 1873, Epuraea abietina J. Sahlberg 1889, Epuraea florea Erichson 1845
Explanation of Names
Epuraea pallescens (Stephens 1835); in our area, ssp. E. p. labilis Erichson 1843
Range
holarctic; arguably, the commonest and most widespread member of the genus in Eurasia and in NA (E. p. labilis: NF-AK to FL-TX)(1)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera Poloniae
2.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.
3.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.