Species Clambus armadillo

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Scirtoidea

Family Clambidae (Minute Beetles)

Genus Clambus

Species armadillo (Clambus armadillo)

Explanation of Names

Clambus armadillo De Geer 1774

Size

1-1.3 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread across Europe(2), adventive in NA (NF-ON to PA-IL; WA)(3)(4)

Works Cited

1.	Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

2.	Coleoptera Poloniae

3.	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.

4.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by tom murray on 22 April, 2007 - 5:56am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 March, 2015 - 12:09pm

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