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Species Symphora flavicollis

Symphora flavicollis (Haldeman) - Symphora flavicollis

Elateroidea - Omethidae - Symphora flavicollis

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 Symphora

Species flavicollis (Symphora flavicollis)

Other Common Names

Red-necked False Darkling Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Symphora flavicollis (Haldeman)

Orig. Comb: Scraptia flavicollis Haldeman 1848

Explanation of Names

flavicollis = 'yellow-necked'

Size

2.8-3.5 mm(1)

Range

e. NA to c. TX (NS-FL to MB-TX) - Map (2)(3)(4)(5)

Habitat

forests; on foliage & under bark(2)

Season

Mar-Aug (5)

Print References

Haldeman, S.S. 1848. Descriptions of North American Coleoptera, chiefly in the cabinet of J. L. LeConte, M.D., with references to described species. Journal of the Academy of National Sciences of Philadelphia 1: 95-110.

Internet References

Lectotype - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.

2.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

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.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by tom murray on 22 September, 2007 - 10:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2024 - 7:03pm

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