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Species Clypastraea fasciata

Minute Hooded Beetle - Clypastraea fasciata Minute Hooded Beetle - Clypastraea fasciata Corylophid ? - Clypastraea fasciata Tiny Beetle - Clypastraea fasciata Tiny Beetle - Clypastraea fasciata Clypastraea - Clypastraea fasciata Clypastraea fasciata Nitidulidae - Clypastraea fasciata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Corylophidae (Minute Hooded Beetles)
Tribe Parmulini
Genus Clypastraea
Species fasciata (Clypastraea fasciata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Clypastraea fasciata (Say)
Orig. Comb: Molamba fasciata Say 1827
Size
1.4-1.7 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NB-FL to MB-IL) - Map (2)(1)(3)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)