Adesmia cancellata (Klug, 1830) is a animal in the Tenebrionidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Adesmia cancellata (Klug, 1830)

Adesmia cancellata (Klug, 1830)

Adesmia cancellata, the pitted beetle, is a Middle Eastern tenebrionid desert beetle first described in 1830.

Family
Genus
Adesmia
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Adesmia cancellata (Klug, 1830)

Adesmia cancellata, commonly known as the pitted beetle, is a species of desert beetle in the Tenebrionidae family. This species lives in arid environments located in the Middle East. It was first formally described by entomologist Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1830.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Adesmia

More from Tenebrionidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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