A Hololepta sp. in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/14/2013).
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A Hololepta species in Howard Co., Maryland (5/5/2016). Verified by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide.
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Description
Note especially wide and flattened body shape befitting a species that lives under bark.
Relationships
This genus specializes in life under the bark of decaying hardwoods.
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A Hololepta sp. in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/14/2013).
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A Hololepta species in Howard Co., Maryland (5/5/2016). Verified by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide.
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| Hololepta | |
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| Hololepta plana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Histeridae |
| Subfamily: | Histerinae |
| Tribe: | Hololeptini |
| Genus: | Hololepta Paykull, 1811 |
Hololepta is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are at least 100 described species in Hololepta.[1][2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Hololepta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Hololepta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Hololepta Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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