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Boros unicolor
Species
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.
Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 14 May, 2006 - 7:16pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 25 February, 2015 - 11:41am