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Orphilus ater
Species
Orphilus ater
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)
Genus
Orphilus
Species
ater
(Orphilus ater)
Explanation of Names
Orphilus ater
Erichson 1846
Size
2.3‒2.8 mm
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Range
e. NA (NB‒FL to ON‒ND‒TX)
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4
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Internet References
species page
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5
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Works Cited
1.
Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.
Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
4.
An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
5.
Herrmann A. (200?-) Pictures of some dermestid species
Contributed by
Guy A. Hanley
on 22 March, 2010 - 3:53pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 26 October, 2023 - 9:36pm