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Species Xanthochroa centralis

Backyard visitor - Xanthochroa centralis

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 centralis (Xanthochroa centralis)

Explanation of Names

Xanthochroa centralis Horn 1896

Size

8-10 mm(1)

Range

coastal CA (Sonoma to Monterey Co.)(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 15 March, 2010 - 2:05am
Last updated 24 February, 2015 - 10:00am

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