Hololepta sp. Paykull, 1811
Hololepta sp.: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/14675
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Description

Note especially wide and flattened body shape befitting a species that lives under bark.

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This genus specializes in life under the bark of decaying hardwoods.

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Hololepta
Hololepta plana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Hololepta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Hololepta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Hololepta Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

Further reading

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  • 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.