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Species Vacusus confinis

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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 Anthicidae (Antlike Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Anthicinae
Genus Vacusus
Species confinis (Vacusus confinis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Vacusus confinis (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Anthicus confinis LeConte 1851
Size
~ 3mm (BG data)
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012
Range
w. US (ID-CA to KS-AR-TX) & Mexico - Map (D.S. Chandler, pers. comm. to =v=)(1), mostly s. CA to TX
Remarks
Common at lights; perhaps the most commonly collected anthicid in the Southwest (D.S. Chandler, 27.viii.2006)
See Also
Vacusus vicinus has a black form:
- Range: se. US to Calif
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1851. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera, from California. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 5: 125-219.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard