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Species Petalium bistriatum

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily Dorcatominae
Genus Petalium
Species bistriatum (Petalium bistriatum)
Explanation of Names
Petalium bistriatum (Say 1825)
Size
1.5-1.9 mm(1); 1.8-3 mm(2)
Identification
Typically with reddish pronotum and black elytra, but may be all black. Pronotum distinctly rugose compared to shiny elytra. Pronotal sulcus crescent shaped. Elytral strial punctures become diminished in size apically, becoming more or less obsolete.
Range
e US (ON-FL to WI-MO-TX)(3)(1)
Habitat
reared from Quercus ilicifolia and Q. velutina(2), taken from Q. buckleyi in c. TX(4)
Season
Jul-Aug in WI(1), Apr-Jul in c. TX(4)
Works Cited
1.Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae
Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
2.A revision of the genus Petalium LeConte in the United States, Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
Ford, E.J. 1973. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 1467.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.