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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Cryptarcha strigatula
Species
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