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Species Teretriosoma chalybaeum

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Teretriosoma chalybaeum Horn - Teretriosoma chalybaeum Teretriosoma chalybaeum Horn - Teretriosoma chalybaeum - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Abraeinae
Tribe Teretriini
Genus Teretriosoma
Species chalybaeum (Teretriosoma chalybaeum)
Explanation of Names
Teretriosoma chalybaeum Horn, 1873
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
3 mm (Horn 1873)
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron Cos.) - Map (2)(3)
Life Cycle
Predators of wood-boring Coleoptera (1)
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1873. A Synopsis of the Histeridae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 13: 273-360. (Full Text)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 April, 2009 - 3:11pm
Last updated 18 December, 2019 - 11:50am

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