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Species Dorcatoma pallicornis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily Dorcatominae
Tribe Dorcatomini
Genus Dorcatoma
Species pallicornis (Dorcatoma pallicornis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dorcatoma foveatum White 1960
Explanation of Names
Dorcatoma pallicornis LeConte 1874
Size
2.1–3.1 mm(1)
Range
NF-SK to NY-OH-WI(1)(2)
Season
early Apr to mid-Aug in WI(1)
Life Cycle
Larva; pupa; adult
Works Cited
1.Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae
Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
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 Jim McClarin on 11 April, 2006 - 4:33pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov, marcie oconnor
Last updated 25 November, 2021 - 9:39am

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