Species Sphalma quadricollis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Tenebrionid Beetle? - Sphalma quadricollis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Pythidae (Dead Log Beetles)

Genus Sphalma

Species quadricollis (Sphalma quadricollis)

Explanation of Names

Sphalma quadricollis Horn 1888 (per(1)) or 1872 (per MCZ & ITIS) @#$%!

Range

w. NA (BC-CA)(1)

Habitat

under bark of deciduous logs(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by v belov on 10 August, 2012 - 5:02pm

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