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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Darkling Beetles (Melandryidae) » Melandryinae » Orchesiini » Orchesia » Orchesia castanea

Species Orchesia castanea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · 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 Tenebrionoidea
Family Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Melandryinae
Tribe Orchesiini
Genus Orchesia
Species castanea (Orchesia castanea)
Explanation of Names
Orchesia castanea Melsheimer 1846
Size
4.2-5.8 mm(1)
Range
NF-BC to FL-TX(2)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Rearing and bionomics of Orchesia cultriformis Laliberté (Coleoptera: Melandryidae)
Hinson K.R. 2016. Col. Bull. 70: 372-374.
Contributed by v belov on 5 June, 2009 - 3:15am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 21 December, 2020 - 8:27pm

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