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Species Tenebroides corticalis

Slightly Iridescent Beetle - Tenebroides corticalis beetle - Tenebroides corticalis Stag Beetle(?) - Tenebroides corticalis black beetle - Tenebroides corticalis Tenebroides corticalis Beetle under bark - Tenebroides corticalis Tenebroides? - Tenebroides corticalis Upshur Tenebroides - Tenebroides corticalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Trogossitidae
Subfamily Trogossitinae
Genus Tenebroides
Species corticalis (Tenebroides corticalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trogosita dubia Melsheimer 1844; Trogosita limbalis Melsheimer 1844; Trogosita intermedia Horn 1862
Explanation of Names
Tenebroides corticalis (Melsheimer 1844)
Size
4.3-9.7 mm(1)
Identification
The laterodorsal profile and convexity of the pronotum is unique(1)
Range
NA coast to coast: NS-NT-AK to Guatemala(1)(2)
Habitat
under bark of various trees, mostly deciduous; also in moss/lichens on tree trunks(1)(3)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Trogossitidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
J.R. Barron. 1971. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 75: 1-143.
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.
3.New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Trogossitidae, Cleridae, and Melyridae...
Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 179: 141-156.