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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Apalochrina » Collops » Collops quadrimaculatus

Species Collops quadrimaculatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
KS Bug #1 - Collops quadrimaculatus - male Soft-winged Flower Beetle - Collops quadrimaculatus - female beetle - Collops quadrimaculatus Collops quadrimaculatus (Fabricius) - Collops quadrimaculatus - female Collops quadrimaculatus (Fabricius) - Collops quadrimaculatus Maryland beetle 1 - Collops quadrimaculatus Soft wing flower beetle - Collops quadrimaculatus Collops quadrimaculatus? - Collops quadrimaculatus - male
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 Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Malachiinae
Tribe Malachiini
Subtribe Apalochrina
Genus Collops
Species quadrimaculatus (Collops quadrimaculatus)
Other Common Names
Four-spotted Collops
Explanation of Names
Collops quadrimaculatus (Fabricius 1798)
Size
4-6 mm(1)
Range
e. US (+ONT) to s. Calif. / Mex. (QC-FL to MT-AZ) - Map (1)(2), rare se US
Remarks
very common in e.US(3)
See Also
Collops tibialis Schaeffer
- Range: AZ-NM, OK
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.The Malachiidae of north central Mexico (Coleoptera)
Malcolm Yeaman Marshall. 1952. American Museum of Natural History.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 6 July, 2006 - 5:55am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 January, 2022 - 4:20pm

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