Species Caenocara blanchardi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Works Cited

Puffball Beetle - Caenocara blanchardi - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)

Subfamily Dorcatominae

Tribe Dorcatomini

Genus Caenocara (Puffball Beetles)

Species blanchardi (Caenocara blanchardi)

Explanation of Names

Caenocara blanchardi Fall 1905

Size

1.6–2.2 mm(1)

Range

NH-MA-OH-WI; BC-OR(1)(2)(3)

Season

mid-Apr to mid-Sep in WI(1)

Works Cited

1.	Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.

2.	UNH Insect and Arachnid Collections

3.	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 Brad Barnd on 6 December, 2013 - 10:40pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 March, 2015 - 2:30pm

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