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Common Name:
Ironclad Beetle

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

Hodges No:

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan, ME
USA

Date: 8/26/07

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

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/145666

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