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Species Scraptia schaefferi

Representative Images

Scraptiidae? - Scraptia schaefferi Scraptiidae? - Scraptia schaefferi Scraptia schaefferi? - Scraptia schaefferi Scraptia schaefferi? - Scraptia schaefferi Scraptia schaefferi? - Scraptia schaefferi Scraptia schaefferi? - Scraptia schaefferi Scraptiidae - Scraptia schaefferi Scraptiidae - Scraptia schaefferi

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 Scraptiidae (False Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Scraptiinae
Tribe Scraptiini
Genus Scraptia
Species schaefferi (Scraptia schaefferi)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scraptia oculata Schaeffer 1917 nec Champion 1889(1)

Explanation of Names

Scraptia schaefferi Pic 1934

Range

AZ(1)

Works Cited

1.Review of North American Scraptiidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), with a catalog of world genera
Johnston M.A., Naczi R.F.C., Gimmel M.L. 2024. Col. Bull. 78: 171‒200.