Lycoperdininae
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Scientific Name | Aphorista vittata |
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Location | Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | handsome fungus beetle |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2008 kim fleming |
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Floyd W. Shockley
Dept. of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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- First online 31 March 2009
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Citing this page:
Shockley, Floyd W. 2009. Lycoperdininae. Version 31 March 2009 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Lycoperdininae/120901/2009.03.31 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/