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Species Xestipyge geminatum

Xestipyge geminatum (J.E. LeConte 1860) - Xestipyge geminatum

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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 Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Dendrophilinae

Tribe Paromalini

Genus Xestipyge

Species geminatum (Xestipyge geminatum)

Explanation of Names

Xestipyge geminatum (J.E. LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Carcinops geminatus J.E. LeConte 1860

Size

2.8-3.0 mm(1)

Range

e. NA (QC-ON to FL-TX)(1)

Habitat

on carrion, in tree holes, leaf litter(1)

Print References

LeConte, J.E. 1859 Description of new species of the coleopterous family Histeridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 11, 310–317

Internet References

GSMNP Project - A. K. Tishechkin (2007) (1)

Works Cited

1.	Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 1 November, 2007 - 7:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 October, 2014 - 1:06pm

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