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Species Melyrodes basalis

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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 Cleroidea
Family Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Melyrinae
Genus Melyrodes
Species basalis (Melyrodes basalis)
Explanation of Names
Melyrodes basalis (LeConte 1852)
Size
2.2-2.5 mm(1)
Range
se US (TX-FL-VA-OK)(1)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.