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Species Tritoma pulchra - Handsome Tritoma

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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 Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Erotylid series)
Family Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Erotylinae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Tritomini
Genus Tritoma
Species pulchra (Handsome Tritoma)
Explanation of Names
Tritoma pulchra Say 1826
Size
2.6‒4.2 mm(1)
Identification
the red/yellow humeral spot extending back to within 1/4 of apex + black scutellum(1)
Range
e.NA (NS‒FL to MB‒TX)(2)(1)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.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.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 30 July, 2007 - 8:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 April, 2024 - 11:54am

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