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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Oligomerus alternans
Species
Oligomerus alternans
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily
Anobiinae (Death-watch Beetles)
Tribe
Stegobiini
Genus
Oligomerus
Species
alternans
(Oligomerus alternans)
Explanation of Names
Oligomerus alternans
LeConte 1865
Size
4.0–4.6 mm
(
1
)
Range
QC-ON-WI to MS-KS
(
1
)
(
2
)
Remarks
uncommon
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae
Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 19 July, 2011 - 11:12pm
Last updated 12 March, 2015 - 7:06pm