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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Stenotarsus hispidus

Handsome Fungus Beetle - Stenotarsus hispidus Stenotarsus hispidus (Herbst) - Stenotarsus hispidus Beetle - Stenotarsus hispidus handsome fungus beetle - Stenotarsus hispidus Stenotarsus hispidus Handsome Fungus Beetle - Stenotarsus hispidus A Handsome Fungus Beetle - Stenotarsus hispidus A Handsome Fungus Beetle - Stenotarsus hispidus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Endomychidae (Handsome Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Endomychinae
Genus Stenotarsus
Species hispidus (Stenotarsus hispidus)
Explanation of Names
Stenotarsus hispidus (Herbst 1799)
Size
3.5-4.5 mm(1)
Range
e. US (RI-FL to IN-LA)(2)
See Also
Prionocyphon limbatus (Scirtidae)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.