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Genus Teretriosoma

Teretriosoma chalybaeum Horn - Teretriosoma chalybaeum

Teretriosoma conigerum Lewis - Teretriosoma conigerum

Teretriosoma paradoxum Lewis - Teretriosoma paradoxum

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 Abraeinae

Tribe Teretriini

Genus Teretriosoma

Explanation of Names

Teretriosoma Horn 1873

Numbers

5 spp. in our area(1), 9 total

Range

FL and sw. US(1)

Habitat

some spp. in the wood of Metopium and Leucaenea(1)

Food

prey on wood-boring beetles(1)

Remarks

T. nigrescens has been used to control Prostephanus truncatus

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 8 January, 2008 - 5:35pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 March, 2023 - 6:51pm

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