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Species Pytho americanus

Pytho Sp., family Pythidae - Pytho americanus

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 Pythidae (Dead Log Beetles)

Genus Pytho

Species americanus (Pytho americanus)

Other Common Names

Pytho planus (Olivier 1795)

Explanation of Names

Pytho americanus Kirby 1837

Size

7.1‒14.8 mm(1)

Range

transcontinental in the north (LB‒NT‒AK south to GA‒AR in the east, to CO‒CA in the west)(2)

Print References

Ring R.A., Tesar D. (1980) Cold-hardiness of the Arctic beetle, Pytho americanus Kirby Coleoptera, Pythidae (Salpingidae). J. Insect Physiol. 26: 763–774 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Additional distribution records for the genus Pytho Latreille (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Pythidae) Powell G.S., Brattain R.M., Holland J.D. 2015. Col. Bull. 69: 761‒765.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 March, 2014 - 11:17pm
Additional contributions by McClarinJ, v belov
Last updated 1 September, 2024 - 8:55pm

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