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Species Lepidocnemeplatia sericea

Lepidocnemeplatia sericea - male Pale yellow teneb - Lepidocnemeplatia sericea Unknown Beetle Possibly Dermestid  - Lepidocnemeplatia sericea Tenebrionid - Lepidocnemeplatia sericea Lepidocnemeplatia sericea Sonora2 J35 - Lepidocnemeplatia sericea Lepidocnemeplatia sericea? - Lepidocnemeplatia sericea Darkling Beetle - Lepidocnemeplatia sericea
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 Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Pimeliinae
Tribe Cnemeplatiini
Genus Lepidocnemeplatia
Species sericea (Lepidocnemeplatia sericea)
Explanation of Names
Lepidocnemeplatia sericea (Horn 1870)
sericea = 'silken'
Range
w/sw US (WA-CA-NM, s.TX) to Nicaragua - Map (1)(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)