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Sculptotheca puberula
Species
Sculptotheca puberula
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily
Dorcatominae
Tribe
Prothecini
Genus
Sculptotheca
Species
puberula
(Sculptotheca puberula)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Protheca puberula
Explanation of Names
Sculptotheca puberula
(LeConte 1865)
Size
1.5–2.2 mm
(
1
)
Habitat
e. NA (NS-FL to ON-WI)
(
1
)
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2
)
Season
mid-Jun to early Sep in WI
(
1
)
Remarks
the most frequently collected ptinid by passive trapping in Wisconsin forests
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae
Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
2.
Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by
Brad Barnd
on 10 December, 2007 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by
Boris Bueche
,
v belov
Last updated 19 March, 2015 - 4:48pm