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Species Androchirus erythropus

Alleculidae? - Androchirus erythropus - female Darkling beetle - Androchirus erythropus Androchirus erythropus - male Tenebrionidae, Alleculinae, comb claw - Androchirus erythropus Darkling Beetle - Androchirus erythropus - male darkling beetle - Androchirus erythropus Androchirus erythropus - male Beetle for ID - Androchirus erythropus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)
Subtribe Gonoderina
Genus Androchirus
Species erythropus (Androchirus erythropus)
Explanation of Names
Androchirus erythropus (Kirby 1837)
epithet means, 'red-legged'
Size
10-14 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NS-MB south to GA-TX)(2)(3)(4)
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
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 Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).
Dunford et al. 2005. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Dept., Gainesville.
4.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.