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Microprius rufulus
Microprius rufulus is a species of cylindrical bark beetle with a distribution throughout tropical Africa from Cape Verde Islands to Madagascar, northern Africa, Middle East, and South Asia. The species is also introduced and show sporadic distribution in Germany, Cuba, USA, Malta and Cayman Islands.
From the article Microprius rufulus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Specimens are typically about 3.2 mm in length. They be found under bark of trees but are also attracted to light.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 489520.