Species Cryptarcha strigatula

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

Cryptarcha strigatula Parsons - Cryptarcha strigatula

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Nitidulid series)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Subfamily Cryptarchinae

Genus Cryptarcha

Species strigatula (Cryptarcha strigatula)

Explanation of Names

Cryptarcha strigatula Parsons 1938

strigatula = 'streaked, striped'

Size

2.7-3.5 mm(1)

Range

e. NA to AZ (NB-FL to ON-TX-AZ)(2)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	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.

3.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 16 August, 2006 - 9:31pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 June, 2016 - 11:01am

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