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Species Spilodiscus instratus

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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 Histerinae

Tribe Histerini

Genus Spilodiscus

Species instratus (Spilodiscus instratus)

Explanation of Names

Spilodiscus instratus (J.L. LeConte 1859)

Size

4.1-6.2 mm(1)

Identification

Det. Jeff Gruber, 2007

Range

BC-Baja to MB-WI-AR - Map (1)(2)

Habitat

inland sand dunes; also occasionally in Spermophilus burrows, on carrion or rotting vegetation(1)

Internet References

Type specimen images and info

Works Cited

1.	A phylogenetic revision of Spilodiscus Lewis (Coleoptera: Histeridae) Caterino M.S. 1998. J. Nat. Hist. 32: 1129-1168.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 6 November, 2007 - 7:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 June, 2022 - 12:38am

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