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Species Paratillus carus - White-banded Clerid

beetle found in eucalyptus sapling harvested from Salinas, CA. Now in San Mateo  Bark has been hewn.  Beetles walking at night.  - Paratillus carus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Tarsosteninae
Genus Paratillus
Species carus (White-banded Clerid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tarsostenus carus
Explanation of Names
Paratillus carus (Newman 1840)
Size
5–7 mm(1)
Range
native to Australia, adventive elsewhere, incl. S Europe(1)(2)
Food
buprestid larvae(1); Lyctinae(2)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.