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Species Sosylus costatus

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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 Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Bothriderid group)
Family Bothrideridae (Dry Bark Beetles)
Tribe Deretaphrini
Genus Sosylus
Species costatus (Sosylus costatus)
Explanation of Names
Sosylus costatus LeConte 1863
Size
3.8-4.1 mm(1)
Range
se US (TX-FL-VA-AR) - Map (1)(2)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. (1863) New species of North American Coleoptera, pt. I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, no. 167. 1-86.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.The Bothrideridae and Colydiidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Clavicornia and Heteromera)
Stephan K.H. 1989. Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. xii, 65 p.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)