Cucujus clavipes
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Cucujus clavipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Cucujidae |
Genus: | Cucujus |
Species: | C. clavipes |
Binomial name | |
Cucujus clavipes Fabricius, 1781 | |
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Cucujus clavipes is known as the flat bark beetle.[1][2] It is found throughout North America.[3] These are generally found near tree line[4] under bark[2] of dead poplar and ash trees.[5] C. clavipes are described as phloem-feeding[6] and often predators[1] of other small insects, such as wood-boring beetles, and mites.[5] These are usually seen during spring-summer seasons.[5] Having a cold habitat, these beetles must go through several physiological mechanisms to survive; they are recognised for their ability to change their overwintering mechanisms.[7]