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Species Corticotomus parallelus

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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 Cleroidea
Family Trogossitidae
Subfamily Trogossitinae
Genus Corticotomus
Species parallelus (Corticotomus parallelus)
Explanation of Names
Corticotomus parallelus (Melsheimer 1844)
Size
3.3-4.5 mm(1)
Identification
Head with clypeofrontal area flat (not concave), dorsal surface scarcely impressed posteriorly; pronotum convex, sides parallel; piceous with reddish areas along sides of elytra(1)
Range
e. US (NH-IL-FL-OK)(1),(2)
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.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 19 September, 2008 - 11:07am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 17 June, 2016 - 3:44pm

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