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Species Antibothrus morimotoi

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Antibothrus morimotoi Antibothrus morimotoi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Bothriderid group)
Family Bothrideridae (Dry Bark Beetles)
Tribe Bothriderini
Genus Antibothrus
Species morimotoi (Antibothrus morimotoi)

Explanation of Names

Antibothrus morimotoi Sasaji 1997

Size

2.00–2.35 mm(1)

Range

native to Japan & Korea, adventive in our area (OH, *OR)(1)(2)(Lee et al. 2017; *BG data)

Remarks

earliest NA record: OH 2010(2)

Works Cited

1.Antibothrus morimotoi Sasaji, an Old World cocoon-forming beetle (Coleoptera: Bothrideridae) newly established in North America
McElrath T.C., Androw R.A., McHugh J.V. 2016. Zootaxa 4154(3): 323–330.
2.New localities and earliest record of occurrence for Antibothrus morimotoi Sasaji, 1997 (Coleoptera: Bothrideridae) in the US
Androw R.A. 2021. Col. Bull. 75: 346‒348.
Contributed by v belov on 11 September, 2025 - 1:47pm
Last updated 16 September, 2025 - 3:03pm

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