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Species Corticeus parallelus

Corticeus parallelus? - Corticeus parallelus Corticeus parallelus a load of Corticeus - Corticeus parallelus beetle found under pine bark - Corticeus parallelus beetle found under pine bark - Corticeus parallelus Corticeus parallelus Teneb. - Corticeus parallelus Tenebrionidae, dorsal - Corticeus parallelus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Hypophlaeini
Genus Corticeus
No Taxon (subgenus Corticeus)
Species parallelus (Corticeus parallelus)
Explanation of Names
Corticeus parallelus (Melsheimer 1846)
Size
3.0-3.8 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (QC-n.FL to MB-e.TX)(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.Review of the genus Corticeus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of America north of Mexico
Triplehorn C.A. 1990. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 83: 287-306.
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.