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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Helopini » Tarpela » Tarpela micans

Species Tarpela micans

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
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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 Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Tenebrioninae
Tribe Helopini
Genus Tarpela
Species micans (Tarpela micans)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tarpela vittata (Olivier 1793) nomen oblitum(1)
Explanation of Names
Tarpela micans (Fabricius 1798)
Size
12-19 mm(2)
Identification
Elytra with rainbow sheen, intervals flat(2)
Range
e NA (QC-GA-AL to IL-*MS)(1)(2)(*BG data)
Habitat
Under loose bark, on tree trunks, in leaf litter, under rotten logs; comes to lights(2)
Season
8.iv-4.vii in VA(2), 16.iv-1.ix in OH(3)
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.
2.The Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Virginia
W.E. Steiner, Jr. 2009. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 16: 331-339.
3.The darkling beetles of Ohio (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Triplehorn, C.A. 1952. Thesis, Ohio State University, 159 pp [unpublished].
Contributed by Ethan Friedman on 19 May, 2007 - 12:04pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2018 - 8:14pm

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