Gonocephalum sericeum
| Gonocephalum sericeum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Gonocephalum |
| Species: | G. sericeum
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonocephalum sericeum (Baudi di Selve, 1875)
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Gonocephalum sericeum is a species in the darkling beetle family Tenebrionidae. It is native to North Africa and the Middle East, and is advantive in North America. It has been established in California since at least 1980.[1][2][3][4]
Gonocephalum sericeum is a small beetle, 3.5–3.8 mm, brown or nearly black. It is similar in appearance and has been confused with Blapstinus dilatatus, which may co-occur in sandy soil habitats.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Steiner Jr., Warren E.; Swearingen, Jil M. (2015). "New Records of Three Non-Native Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Established in California and Nevada, USA". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 69 (69): 22–26. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.22.
- ^ Iwan, Dariusz; Ferrer, Julio; Raś, Marcin (2010). "Catalogue of the world Gonocephalum Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Opatrini). Part 1. List of the species and subspecies" (PDF). Annales Zoologici. 60 (2): 245–304. doi:10.3161/000345410X516920. S2CID 86568175.
- ^ "GBIF, Gonocephalum sericeum". Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. Bibcode:2018ZooK..728....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
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