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Species Embaphion contusum

Embaphion contusum - male Darkling beetle - Embaphion contusum Embaphion - Embaphion contusum Embaphion? - Embaphion contusum Embaphion? - Embaphion contusum Darkling Beetle - Embaphion contusum Carrion Beetle - Embaphion contusum Embaphion contusum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Tenebrioninae
Tribe Amphidorini
Genus Embaphion
Species contusum (Embaphion contusum)
Explanation of Names
Embaphion contusum LeConte 1858
Numbers
3 sspp.(1)
Range
sw US: E. c. contusum *ID-WY-KS to AZ-NM, E. c. grande NM, E. c. laminatum TX(1)(*BG data)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.