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Species Pedilus terminalis

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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 Pyrochroidae (Fire-Colored Beetles)
Subfamily Pedilinae
Genus Pedilus
Species terminalis (Pedilus terminalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pedilus terminalis (Say)
Orig. Comb: Anthicus terminalis Say 1827
Size
5-8 mm(1)
Identification

Det. A.V. Evans, 2010
Range
e. NA (QC-SC to ON-MO)(2)(1)(BG data)
Remarks

adults attracted by cantharidin
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
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.