Margarinotus purpurascens (Herbst, 1791) is a animal in the Histeridae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Margarinotus purpurascens (Herbst, 1791)

Margarinotus purpurascens (Herbst, 1791)

Margarinotus purpurascens is a clown beetle species found across multiple regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.

Family
Genus
Margarinotus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Margarinotus purpurascens (Herbst, 1791)

Margarinotus purpurascens (Herbst, 1791) is a species of clown beetle that belongs to the family Histeridae. This species occurs across Europe, Northern Asia excluding China, North America, and Southern Asia.

Photo: (c) Felix Riegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Felix Riegel · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Histeridae Margarinotus

More from Histeridae

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

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