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Common Name:
False Darkling Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Melandryidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Dircaea liturata

Hodges No:

Location:
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Date: 6/21/06

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide:

Dircaea liturata Melandryidae
False Darkling Beetle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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