Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Toadflax Flower-Eating Beetle
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,486 meters (0 to 4,875 feet).Mean = 409.760 meters (1,344.357 feet), Standard Deviation = 417.000 based on 33 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Coleoptera
()
- Family:
Cucujoidea
()
- Genus:
Brachypterolus
()
- Specific name:
pulicarius
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
pulicarius
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Brachypterolus
(
- Family:
Cucujoidea
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Brachypterolus
There are approximately 7 species in this genus:
B. antirrhini · B. cinereus · B. linariae · B. longulus · B. pulicarius (Toadflax Flower-Eating Beetle) · B. vestitus · B. villiger
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 17, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 29, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3382853
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-708394
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13843941
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IICO195000
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 177522
