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Species Bothrideres cryptus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Bothriderid group)
Family Bothrideridae (Dry Bark Beetles)
Tribe Bothriderini
Genus Bothrideres
Species cryptus (Bothrideres cryptus)
Explanation of Names
Bothrideres cryptus Stephan 1989
Size
2.5-5.0 mm(1)
Range
e US, except Deep South (ON-NC to IL-OK)(1)
Habitat
under dry bark of oaks(1)
Season
Mar-Oct(1)
Food
seems to prefer parasitizing cerambycid larvae of the genus Parelaphidion(1)
Works Cited
1.The Bothrideridae and Colydiidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Clavicornia and Heteromera)
Stephan K.H. 1989. Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. xii, 65 p.