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Common Name:
Ironclad Beetles

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Superclass: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Zopheridae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Phellopsis obcordata

Hodges No:

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan Island, ME
USA

Date: 8/26/07

Notes: Found on the underside of a fungus and placed on my hand for photograph

Phellopsis obcordata Zopheridae
Ironclad Beetles
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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