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Species Hister humilis

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

No Taxon (militaris group)

Species humilis (Hister humilis)

Explanation of Names

Hister humilis Fall 1910

Size

2.9-3.9 mm(1)

Range

AZ to Costa Rica(1)

Habitat

have been collected from packrat (Neotoma) nests, rotting cactus, and cow dung(1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the Hister militaris group (Coleoptera: Histeridae) Caterino M.S. 2002. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 95(3): 323-334.

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 24 November, 2007 - 2:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 April, 2013 - 10:11pm

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