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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Colopterus posticus
Species
Colopterus posticus
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
Cillaeinae
Genus
Colopterus
Species
posticus
(Colopterus posticus)
Explanation of Names
Colopterus posticus
(Erichson 1843) [ITIS' 1889 is clearly an error]
Range
native to the Neotropics (Mexico to Brazil & Peru), adventive in our area (so. FL)
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1
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Habitat
on various fruits and flowers
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1
)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 1987
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1
)
Works Cited
1.
Colopterus posticus (Erichson), a nitidulid beetle new to the United States
Habeck D.H., Nagel J., Pena J.E. 1989. Florida Entomologist 72: 89-90.
Contributed by
v belov
on 23 January, 2013 - 9:15am