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Species Diaperis maculata

Coleoptera - Diaperis maculata Diaperis maculata ? - Diaperis maculata Beetle - Diaperis maculata Darkling Beetle - Diaperis maculata Darkling beetle - Diaperis maculata Darkling Beetle - Diaperis maculata Diaperis maculata Diaperis maculata
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 Diaperinae
Tribe Diaperini
Subtribe Diaperina
Genus Diaperis
Species maculata (Diaperis maculata)
Explanation of Names
Diaperis maculata Olivier 1791
Size
4.7-7.2 mm(1)
Range
e NA (NS-FL to SK-TX) to Panama; W. Indies(2)
Habitat
under bark and in fleshy fungi(1)
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.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.