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Species Tritoma angulata

family unknown - Tritoma angulata family unknown - Tritoma angulata Tritoma erythrocephala? - Tritoma angulata Tritoma erythrocephala? - Tritoma angulata Tritoma angulata Say - Tritoma angulata beetle - Tritoma angulata Tritoma angulata Tritoma angulata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Erotylid series)
Family Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Erotylinae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Tritomini
Genus Tritoma
Species angulata (Tritoma angulata)
Explanation of Names
Tritoma angulata Say 1826
Size
2.6-4.4 mm(1)
Range
e NA (MA-FL to ON-NE-TX)(1)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.The Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of Nebraska
Goodrich M.A., Springer C.A. 1999. Trans. Nebr. Acad. Sci. 25: 53-71.
2.Insects of Ojibway Prairie, a southern Ontario tallgrass prairie
Paiero S.M., Marshall S.A., Pratt P.D., Buck M. 2010. Shorthouse J.D., Floate K.D. (Eds.) Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands, Vol. 1: 199-225.
3.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.