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Species Hololepta lucida

Representative Images

Histerid - Hololepta lucida Clown beetle - Hololepta lucida Hololepta lucida Hololepta lucida Hololepta (s.str.) lucida LeConte - Hololepta lucida tiny beetle - Hololepta lucida Hololepta lucida Hololepta lucida

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Histeroidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Hololeptini
Genus Hololepta
No Taxon (subgenus Hololepta)
Species lucida (Hololepta lucida)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hololepta lucifera Marseul 1862 (unjustified replacement)

Explanation of Names

Hololepta lucida J.E. LeConte 1845
lucida means "shining".

Size

9-11 mm(1)

Identification

stria on side of each elytron reaches the apex

Range

e. US (NY-IL to FL-LA)(2)

Habitat

under bark of freshly dead trees (primarily poplars); attracted to slime fluxes(2)

Internet References

Species page(2)

Works Cited

1.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
2.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 6 November, 2007 - 7:18pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2014 - 7:39am

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