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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 histrio

Species Collops histrio

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Collops histrio, male dorsal - Collops histrio - male Collops histrio, female dorsal - Collops histrio - female Collops quadrimaculatus - Collops histrio - male Collops - Collops histrio - female Coleoptera on a yellow aster - Collops histrio Coleoptera on a yellow aster - Collops histrio Collops histrio - male Collops histrio - 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 histrio (Collops histrio)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Collops histrio Erichson 1840
Identification
Elytra coarsely punctate, shining; legs black. The male is easily distinguished from its allies by the shape of the first antennal segment and the black legs. (1)
Range
CA‒AZ(2)‒NM (BG data)
See Also
C. histrio differs from C. quadrimaculatus in the basal cyaneous spots touching the suture and external margins, and is a little larger on the average. They are evidently very nearly allied to each other
Works Cited
1.The Malachiidae of north central Mexico (Coleoptera)
Malcolm Yeaman Marshall. 1952. American Museum of Natural History.
2.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 6 July, 2012 - 7:40pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 October, 2023 - 1:00am

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