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Species Rushia longula

Melandryid? - Rushia longula Long beetle - Rushia longula False Darkling Beetle - Rushia longula Rushia longula? - Rushia longula Melandryidae? - Rushia longula Tenebrionoidea -1 - Rushia longula Brown beetle - Rushia longula Rushia longula? - Rushia longula
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 Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Melandryinae
Tribe Xylitini
Genus Rushia
Species longula (Rushia longula)
Explanation of Names
Rushia longula (LeConte 1862)
Size
4.5-6.5 mm(1)
Range
e. US (ME-FL to MN-LA)(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.