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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Hister furtivus
Species
Hister furtivus
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
Hister
Species
furtivus
(Hister furtivus)
Explanation of Names
Hister furtivus
J.E. LeConte 1860
Size
5.5-8.0 mm
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1
)
Range
across NA (NS-BC to GA-AZ); associated with highlands in the West and South
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1
)
Habitat
wide variety of decomposing organic matters (dung, carrion, mushrooms, compost)
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1
)
Internet References
Species page
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1
)
Works Cited
1.
Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
Contributed by
Jeff Gruber
on 16 November, 2007 - 6:57pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2014 - 7:23am