Species Colobicus parilis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

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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