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Species Oxycopis mimetica

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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 Asclerini
Genus Oxycopis
Species mimetica (Oxycopis mimetica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oxycopis mimetica (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Copidita mimetica Horn 1896
Size
6.0-11.0 mm(1)(2)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2012
Range
e. US (NJ-FL to SD-NM) - Map (1)(3), most records: Great Plains, & se US
Season
mostly May-Jun (BG data)
Remarks
comes to lights(4)
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1896[1897]. The Oedemeridae of Boreal America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 6: 382-422.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Arnett R.H., Jr. (2000-2005) False blister beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)
Contributed by v belov on 6 June, 2009 - 9:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 July, 2022 - 10:40am

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