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Species Stricticomus tobias

 Stricticollis tobias - Stricticomus tobias Antlike Flower Beetle - Stricticomus tobias Stricticollis tobias - Stricticomus tobias Colorful Ground Beetle(?) - Stricticomus tobias Anthicidae - Antlike Flower Beetle? - Stricticomus tobias 916W15 - Stricticomus tobias 916W12 - Stricticomus tobias Stricticollis tobias - Stricticomus tobias
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 Stricticomus
Species tobias (Stricticomus tobias)
Other Common Names
Double-dotted Anthicid, Two-Dotted Ant-Like Flower Beetle (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Anthicus tobias Marseul 1879(2)
Explanation of Names
Stricticomus tobias (Marseul)
Size
2.6-3.1 mm(3)
Range
adventive to e. NA to Calif. (QC-WI-NE to FL-TX & OR-CA to UT-AZ to Argentina) - Map (4)(5)(D.S. Chandler, pers. comm. to =v=)(1), most records: Calif., s. Great Plains, & FL, native to w. Palaearctic
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Nomenclatural notes on the Palaearctic Anthicidae (Coleoptera)
Chandler D.S., Nardi G., Telnov D. 2004. Mitt. internat. entomol. Ver. 29: 109-173.
3.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
4.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
5.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.