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Species Boros unicolor

Boros unicolor larva, fam. Boridae - Boros unicolor Nice haul of borid larvae - Boros unicolor Boris is here! - Boros unicolor New borid batch - Boros unicolor - Boros unicolor Conifer Bark Beetle - Boros unicolor B. unicolor - Boros unicolor Conifer bark beetle - Boros unicolor Boros unicolor larva - Boros unicolor
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 Boridae (Conifer Bark Beetles)
Genus Boros
Species unicolor (Boros unicolor)
Explanation of Names
Boros unicolor Say 1827
Numbers
11-13 mm(1)
Range
NB-AB to SC-IN(2)(1)
Habitat
under loose bark of standing/leaning dead conifers, esp. pine snags/stumps(3)(4)
Season
adults active Apr-Aug in NB(5)
Remarks
Larvae are much more commonly seen than adults
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
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.
3.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.
4.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
5.New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Myceteridae, Boridae, Pythidae...
Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 179: 279-307.