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Species Tyrtaeus dobsoni

Tyrtaeus dobsoni Hinton - Tyrtaeus dobsoni Beetle - Tyrtaeus dobsoni
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 Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Gnathidiini
Genus Tyrtaeus
Species dobsoni (Tyrtaeus dobsoni)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tyrtaeus dobsoni Hinton, 1947
Range
native to the Oriental region (prob. the Philippines), spreading by man throughout the Pacific; recently (2002) discovered in FL(1)
Remarks
FL specimens collected in suction traps, wood litter, and at black light(1)
Works Cited
1.First Report of Tyrtaeus rufus Champion and Tyrtaeus dobsoni Hinton (Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae: Anopidiina) from Florida
K.J. Hopp & M.A. Ivie. 2008. The Coleopterists Bulletin 62(3):427-436.