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Species Hypocacculus metallescens

Histerid - Hypocacculus metallescens - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Saprininae

Tribe Hypocaccini

Genus Hypocacculus

Species metallescens (Hypocacculus metallescens)

Explanation of Names

Hypocacculus (Hypocacculus) metallescens (Erichson 1834)

Range

native to the Palaearctic (Europe to C. Asia), adventive in our area (FL)(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: FL 2001(1)

Works Cited

1.	Record of two species of Histeridae new to the North American fauna... A.K. Tishechkin. 2010. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 64(3): 287–288.

Contributed by v belov on 28 December, 2010 - 4:47am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 5:48pm

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