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Species Phellopsis obcordata - Eastern Ironclad Beetle

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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 Tenebrionoidea
Family Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Zopherinae (Ironclad Beetles)
Tribe Phellopsini
Genus Phellopsis
Species obcordata (Eastern Ironclad Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Phellopsis obcordata (Kirby 1837)
Size
11-22 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NF-GA to ON-WI)(1)(2)
Habitat
under bark of decaying hardwoods & conifers in association with polypore fungi (Piptoporus, Fomes) in dense boreal forests and at high elevation in Appalachian Mts; larvae feed inside fungi(1)
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.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 27 March, 2006 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 19 February, 2015 - 10:10am

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