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Species Temnoscheila virescens

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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 Trogossitidae
Subfamily Trogossitinae
Genus Temnoscheila
Species virescens (Temnoscheila virescens)
Explanation of Names
Temnoscheila virescens (Fabricius 1775)
Size
8.6-17.8 mm(1)
Identification
Compare fine punctation of head and rounded anterior angles of pronotum with T. acuta:

Dets. Michael C. Thomas
Range
e. US (NJ-FL to MO-TX) to C. America(1)
Season
Jan-Sep in NC(2)
Remarks
it seems that T. acuta is rarely blue or purple, while T. virescens often is. --M.C. Thomas, 13.IV.2009
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Trogossitidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
J.R. Barron. 1971. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 75: 1-143.
2.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.