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Species Leichenum canaliculatum - Madagascar Beetle

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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 Blaptinae
Tribe Pedinini
Subtribe Leichenina
Genus Leichenum
Species canaliculatum (Madagascar Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Leichenum canaliculatum (Fabricius 1798)

Numbers

several sspp., of which only L. c. variegatum in our area(1)

Range

widespread in the Old World tropics, adventive in our area (coastel se.US)(1)

Habitat

coastal areas

Works Cited

1.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 4 June, 2006 - 8:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 December, 2024 - 1:33pm

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