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Species Cryptarcha concinna

Cryptarcha concinna Melsheimer - Cryptarcha concinna

Small pale-spotted beetle - Cryptarcha concinna

Cryptarcha concinna? - Cryptarcha concinna

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Nitidulid series)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Subfamily Cryptarchinae

Genus Cryptarcha

Species concinna (Cryptarcha concinna)

Explanation of Names

Cryptarcha concinna Melsheimer 1853

Size

2.0-3.0 mm(1)

Identification

Prosternum narrowed between procoxae, not extending beyond middle of mesosternum; anterior margin of metasternum acutely rounded.(2)

Habitat

transcontinental (NS-BC to FL-TX-CA)(3)(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

2.	A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.

3.	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 Tim Moyer on 11 April, 2008 - 11:40am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 September, 2020 - 3:20pm

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