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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Cylindrical Bark Beetles (Colydiinae) » Synchitini » Colobicus » Colobicus parilis

Species Colobicus parilis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Colobicus parilis
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 Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Colydiinae (Cylindrical Bark Beetles)
Tribe Synchitini
Genus Colobicus
Species parilis (Colobicus parilis)
Explanation of Names
Colobicus parilis Pascoe 1860
Range
native to the Australo-Pacific region, adventive in our area (LA)(1)
Habitat
under bark of various trees; comes to light; on commercial shipments and in stores of sweet potatoes and other crops (suspected to spread fungal disease)(1)
Remarks
possibly introduced with crop products; rarely collected(1)
Internet References
Fact sheet(2)
Works Cited
1.Lord N.P., Nearns E.H., Miller K.B. (2011-2013) Ironclad ID
2.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
Contributed by v belov on 19 September, 2011 - 7:38am
Last updated 7 December, 2012 - 5:52pm

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