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Species Tenebroides americanus

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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 Tenebroides
Species americanus (Tenebroides americanus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trogositus nigrita Horn 1862 Holotype
Explanation of Names
Tenebroides americanus (Kirby 1837)
Size
6.4‒12.3 mm(1)
Range
e.NA (QC‒ON‒MN to FL‒TX)(1)
Season
year around(1)
Life Cycle
gregarious in winter(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Trogossitidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
J.R. Barron. 1971. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 75: 1-143.
2.An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana.
Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.