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Species Microtonus sericans

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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 Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Melandryinae
Tribe Hypulini
Genus Microtonus
Species sericans (Microtonus sericans)

Explanation of Names

Microtonus sericans LeConte 1862

Size

3.8-4.5 mm(1)

Range

e. NA (s.NS-n.FL to s.IN-c.TX) - Map (2)(1)(3)(4)

Habitat

adults on vegetation, esp. on deciduous shrubs/trees(1)

Season

mostly May-July (BG data)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 3: 1–208.
Pollock, D.A. 2015. Lectotype designations in Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Boridae and Mycteridae, based on material in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Insecta Mundi 427: 1-15.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.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.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 16 September, 2007 - 10:29pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 2:03pm

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