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Tarpela micans

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Genus:	Tarpela
Species:	T. micans
Binomial name
*Tarpela micans* (Fabricius, 1798)

Tarpela micans is a species of darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

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^ "Tarpela micans". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
^ "Tarpela micans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
^ "Tarpela micans Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

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Taxon identifiers
Tarpela micans	Wikidata: Q49453199 BioLib: 659573 BugGuide: 111082 GBIF: 7384436 iNaturalist: 232319 NatureServe: 2.748069 Open Tree of Life: 6250377
Opatrum micans	Wikidata: Q109605250 GBIF: 10222827

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Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798)

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