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For the United States & Canada

Species Clambus armadillo

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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.