Byrrhus pilula
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| Byrrhus pilula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Byrrhidae |
| Genus: | Byrrhus |
| Species: | B. pilula |
| Binomial name | |
| Byrrhus pilula (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Byrrhus pilula, the common pill beetle, is a Holarctic species of beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.[1]
The body is short and stout and brown with rows of dark and light brown markings on the elytra. Body length is 6.7 to 9.3 mm.
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