Ora texana Champion, 1897 is a animal in the Scirtidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ora texana Champion, 1897

Ora texana Champion, 1897

Ora texana (Texas flea marsh beetle) is a Scirtidae marsh beetle found from the US to Costa Rica.

Family
Genus
Ora
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ora texana Champion, 1897

Ora texana, commonly known as the Texas flea marsh beetle, is a species of marsh beetle that belongs to the family Scirtidae. This species occurs in the United States from Virginia to Texas, and ranges southward into Costa Rica.

Photo: (c) Mike Quinn, San Marcos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Quinn, San Marcos · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Scirtidae Ora

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