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Species Colopterus maculatus

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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 Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Cillaeinae
Genus Colopterus
Species maculatus (Colopterus maculatus)
Explanation of Names
Colopterus maculatus (Erichson 1843)
Size
4.0-5.9 mm(1)
Range
e US to AZ (ON-NY-FL to WI-IA-TX; AZ)(1)(2)(3)
Remarks
Comes to lights
Works Cited
1.Price M.B., Cira T. (2008) Kateretidae & Nitidulidae of Wisconsin
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
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.