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Species Sitophagus hololeptoides

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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 Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Diaperini
Subtribe Adelinina
Genus Sitophagus
Species hololeptoides (Sitophagus hololeptoides)
Explanation of Names
Sitophagus hololeptoides (Laporte 1840)
Size
5-6 mm(1)
Identification
male head is horned(2)
Range
so. US (CA-AZ, TX, FL) to C. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (3)(4), most records coastal...
Habitat
stored products(2), esp. maize(1); also under bark
Remarks
A minor pest; can give a bad smell to the stored goods.
Works Cited
1.Insects of stored products
D.P. Rees. 2004. CSIRO Publishing, 192 pp.
2.The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)