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Species Carpophilus corticinus

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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 Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Carpophilinae
Genus Carpophilus
No Taxon (subgenus Ecnomorphus)
Species corticinus (Carpophilus corticinus)
Explanation of Names
Carpophilus corticinus Erichson 1843
Size
2.3-3.4 mm(1)
Range
e US (TX-GA-NY-WI) (2)(3)(BG data)
Season
Apr-Sep, chiefly Jun(2)
Works Cited
1.Price M.B., Cira T. (2008) Kateretidae & Nitidulidae of Wisconsin
2.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
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.