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Common Name:
Darkling Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Diaperinae
Tribe: Diaperini
Species:
Diaperis maculata

Hodges No:

Location:
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve
Staten Island, NY
USA

Date: 6/5/10

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

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Diaperis maculata Tenebrionidae
Darkling Beetle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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