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Stephostethus lardarius
Species
Stephostethus lardarius
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
(Coccinellid group)
Family
Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily
Latridiinae
Genus
Stephostethus
Species
lardarius
(Stephostethus lardarius)
Explanation of Names
Stephostethus lardarius
(DeGeer 1775)
Size
2.3–2.8 mm
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Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (NF)
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1
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[sic]
Remarks
earliest NA record: BC 1897
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1
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Works Cited
1.
Latridiidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: New records, keys to identification, new synonyms, distribution, and zoogeography
Majka C.G., Langor D., Rücker W.H. 2009. The Canadian Entomologist 141: 317-370.
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 26 February, 2014 - 6:45pm
Last updated 13 December, 2014 - 1:35pm