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Species Plegaderus sayi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Abraeinae

Tribe Abraeini

Genus Plegaderus

Species sayi (Plegaderus sayi)

Explanation of Names

Plegaderus sayi Marseul, 1856

sayi = named after Thomas Say, a prominent American entomologist and naturalist of the early 19th century

Size

About 2mm.

Identification

Elytra with sparse round punctures, some discal ones tending to coalesce longitudinally.

Contributed by tom murray on 28 September, 2007 - 7:39am
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 17 April, 2021 - 2:24am

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