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Species Tetratoma tessellata

Polypore fungus beetle - Tetratoma tessellata

Tetratoma tesselata - Tetratoma tessellata - male

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 Tetratomidae (Polypore Fungus Beetles)

Genus Tetratoma

Species tessellata (Tetratoma tessellata)

Explanation of Names

Tetratoma (Abstrulia) tessellata Melsheimer 1844

Size

~3.5 mm(1)

Range

e NA except Deep South (NS-ON to SC-OK)(2)(1)(3)

See Also

Mycetophagus

Works Cited

1.	Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.

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.

3.	List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 16 January, 2008 - 1:01pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 June, 2016 - 4:35pm

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