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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Apalochrina » Collops » Collops balteatus

Species Collops balteatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Malachiinae
Tribe Malachiini
Subtribe Apalochrina
Genus Collops
Species balteatus (Collops balteatus)
Explanation of Names
Collops balteatus LeConte 1852
balteatus 'girdled'
Remarks
An important egg predator that leaves no trace of the egg shells.
Print References
(1)
Works Cited
1.A Review of the North American Species of Collops (Col.)
H. C. Fall. 1912. New York Entomological Society.
Contributed by Ron M. on 19 March, 2009 - 10:30pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 September, 2023 - 9:48pm

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