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Species Pelonides humeralis

Clerid? - Pelonides humeralis Melyrid - Pelonides humeralis Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis
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 Enopliinae
Genus Pelonides
Species humeralis (Pelonides humeralis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelonides humeralis (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Enoplium humerale Horn 1868
Size
5–9 mm(1)
Identification
variable color pattern, see also type
Range
AZ to w. & s. TX / to Honduras - Map (1)(2),(3)(4)
Print References
Horn. G.H. 1868. New species of Coleoptera from the Pacific district of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2: 129-140 (BHL link).
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard