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Species Canifa pallipes

small, active larva, red oak bark, now an imago (adult) - Canifa pallipes

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Scraptiidae (False Flower Beetles)

Subfamily Scraptiinae

Tribe Scraptiini

Genus Canifa

Species pallipes (Canifa pallipes)

Explanation of Names

Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer 1846)

Size

2.0-2.5 mm(1)

Range

transcontinental (NF-BC to FL-IN-MI in the east)(2)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

3.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by v belov on 29 April, 2009 - 12:09pm
Last updated 8 March, 2015 - 7:16pm

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