Malporus properus Casey, 1895    Synonyms: Malporus blandus.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Anthicidae   >   Genus Malporus   

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This species "was fairly commonly collected along the Eastern seaboard until the early 1900s..." Since then there have been two records east of the Appalachian Mountains: one from Cecil Co. in 1978 and one from Calvert Co. in 2012. (Steury, 2015, and Chandler, 1997).

There are 2 records in the project database.

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