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Leptinillus validus

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Leptinillus validus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Subfamily: Platypsyllinae
Genus: Leptinillus
Species:
L. validus
Binomial name
Leptinillus validus
(Horn, 1872)

Leptinillus validus, the beaver nest beetle, is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Leptinillus validus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Leptinillus validus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  • Majka C, Langor D (2008). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography". ZooKeys 2: 357–402.
  • Peck, Stewart B. (2007). "Distribution and biology of the ectoparasitic beetles Leptinillus validus (Horn) and L. aplodontiae Ferris of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Platypsyllinae)". Insecta Mundi, no. 0003, 1–7.
  • Peck, Stewart B. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, eds. (2001). "Family 19. Leiodidae Fleming, 1821". American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia, 250–258.
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