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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Collops quadrimaculatus
Species
Collops quadrimaculatus
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