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Genus Tarsostenus

Tarsostenus univittatus (Rossi) - Tarsostenus univittatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cleroidea

Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Subfamily Tarsosteninae

Genus Tarsostenus

Explanation of Names

Tarsostenus Spinola 1844

Numbers

2 spp. (both adventive) in our area, more in Australia and New Caledonia (Opitz 2012)

Identification

image of T. carus (=Paratillus carus), another cosmopolitan congener and lyctine predator

Range

Australasian genus, with 2 spp. spread globally by commerce (Opitz 2012)

Remarks

usually associated with shipments of dry goods from abroad [and] recorded from port shipments since the 20's (Weston Opitz, pers.comm. to =v= 13.iii.2014)

Print References

Opitz W. (2012) Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleridae) — Part I: generic composition of the subfamily and key and phylogeny of genera. Psyche 2012, Article ID 752402: 1-35 (Full text)

Contributed by v belov on 15 February, 2012 - 5:23pm
Last updated 13 March, 2014 - 8:46am

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