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Species Sphaeriestes virescens

Representative Images

Sphaeriestes sp. - Sphaeriestes virescens Tiny Teneb? - Sphaeriestes virescens unknown beetle - Sphaeriestes virescens Sphaeriestes - Sphaeriestes virescens Sphaeriestes - Sphaeriestes virescens Polyphaga - Sphaeriestes virescens Sphaeriestes virescens - female Coleoptera. - Sphaeriestes virescens

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 Salpingidae (Narrow-waisted Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Salpinginae
Genus Sphaeriestes
Species virescens (Sphaeriestes virescens)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Salpingus alternatus LeConte 1859, Salpingus tibialis LeConte 1866, Salpingus piscatorum Seidlitz 1916(1)

Explanation of Names

Sphaeriestes virescens LeConte 1850

Size

2.5‒3.1 mm(1)

Range

transcontinental (LB‒NT‒YT south to NY‒IN‒OK‒NM‒CA)(1)

Habitat

on pines(2)

Works Cited

1.Review of the Nearctic Salpinginae (Coleoptera: Salpingidae)
Johnston M.A., Pollock D.A. 2025. Col. Bull. 79: 111‒124.
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 17 September, 2010 - 9:12pm
Last updated 18 August, 2025 - 11:54pm

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