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Species Dienerella pilifera

Little brown beetle - Dienerella pilifera

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Coccinellid group)

Family Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)

Subfamily Latridiinae

Genus Dienerella

No Taxon (subgenus Dienerella)

Species pilifera (Dienerella pilifera)

Explanation of Names

Dienerella (Dienerella) pilifera (Reitter 1875)

Range

native to w. Mediterranean; also recorded from Austria, Canary Islands, and Japan

Remarks

The BugGuide specimen, found in Massachusetts, was sent to Wolfgang Rücker for identification.

Internet References

Fact sheet by C. McLellan(1)

Works Cited

1.	PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 January, 2012 - 10:54am
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Last updated 7 December, 2012 - 10:59am

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