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Genus Hexarthrum

Hexarthrum ulkei Horn - Hexarthrum ulkei Hexarthrum ulkei Horn - Hexarthrum ulkei
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Cossoninae
Tribe Onycholipini
Genus Hexarthrum
Explanation of Names
Hexarthrum Wollaston 1860
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, of which one adventive(1) (H. exiguum, based on a single DC record -- may not be established, and it is not known whether the ID is reliable. --R.S. Anderson, pers. comm. to =v=)
Range
in our area, e. NA + nw. NA (ID-BC)(1)
Habitat
woodwork of buildings(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.