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Species Corticotomus caviceps

Corticotomus caviceps Fall - Corticotomus caviceps
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 caviceps (Corticotomus caviceps)
Explanation of Names
Corticotomus caviceps (Fall 1910)
Size
3.2-5.3 mm(1)
Range
BC & w. US east to SD-w.TX(1)
Habitat
mostly on pines & Pseudotsuga(1)
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.