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Species Hesperoboreus brevicaudus

Boreid from mossy roadside bank - Hesperoboreus brevicaudus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies)

Family Boreidae (Snow Scorpionflies)

Genus Hesperoboreus

Species brevicaudus (Hesperoboreus brevicaudus)

Explanation of Names

Hesperoboreus brevicaudus (Byers 1961)

Range

WA-OR(1)

Works Cited

1.	A systematic study of the family Boreidae (Mecoptera) Penny, Norman D. 1977. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 51: 141-217.

Contributed by Ben Coulter on 16 March, 2018 - 6:51pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 May, 2023 - 7:29pm

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