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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Antlike Flower Beetles (Anthicidae) » Anthicinae » Stricticomus » Stricticomus tobias

Species Stricticomus tobias

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
new anthicid - Stricticomus tobias Antlike Flower Beetle - Stricticomus tobias Antlike Flower Beetle - Stricticomus tobias Colorful Ground Beetle(?) - Stricticomus tobias 907W06 - Stricticomus tobias 907W06 - Stricticomus tobias 916W26 - Stricticomus tobias Comma-spotted ant-like flower beetle - 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
Two-Dotted Ant-Like Flower Beetle (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syns: Anthicus tobias, Stricticomus tobias(2)
Explanation of Names
Stricticomus tobias (Marseul 1879)
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.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 September, 2006 - 12:43am
Additional contributions by Don Chandler, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 September, 2023 - 1:53pm

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