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Species Cregya mixta

Representative Images

Cregya mixta LeConte - Cregya mixta Cregya mixta Beetle - Cregya mixta Beetle ID Request - Cregya mixta Very Tiny Beetle - Cregya mixta Cregya mixta LeConte - Cregya mixta Cregya mixta? - Cregya mixta Clerid - Cregya mixta

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 Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Peloniinae
Genus Cregya
Species mixta (Cregya mixta)

Explanation of Names

Cregya mixta LeConte 1866

Size

Length 3.5-4.5 mm (1)

Identification

Pronotal sides dark brown, pronotal disc with 2 spots near base;
elytral humeral dark marking extends to elytral middle (1)

Dets. of these LA & TX spmns by W. Opitz

A narrow brown streak may connect the elytral humeral and preapical brown maculae.(1)

Range

e. US (NY-IN to GA-TX) - Map (1)(2)

Season

May-July (1)

Print References

Opitz, W. 2019. Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part XV. Taxonomic revision of the new world genus Cregya Leconte. Faunitaxys 7(15): 1-126. (1)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Cleridae). Part XV. Revision of Cregya
Opitz, W. 2019. Faunitaxys 7(15): 1-126.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 29 December, 2008 - 11:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 September, 2023 - 2:16pm

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