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Species Xanthochroa testacea

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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 Tenebrionoidea

Family Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)

Subfamily Oedemerinae

Tribe Nacerdini

Genus Xanthochroa

Species testacea (Xanthochroa testacea)

Explanation of Names

Xanthochroa testacea Horn 1896

Size

~12 mm(1)

Range

Pacific Coast (so.BC-n.CA)(1)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the Nearctic Oedemeridae (Coleoptera) Arnett R.H., Jr. 1951. American Midland Naturalist 45: 257‒391.

Contributed by v belov on 31 May, 2009 - 7:58am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 24 February, 2015 - 9:55am

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