Leptinillus validus, the beaver nest beetle, is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]
| Leptinillus validus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Leiodidae |
| Subfamily: | Platypsyllinae |
| Genus: | Leptinillus |
| Species: | L. validus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptinillus validus (Horn, 1872)
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References
edit- ^ "Leptinillus validus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Leptinillus validus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- Majka C, Langor D (2008). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography". ZooKeys 2: 357–402.
- Peck, Stewart B. (2007). "Distribution and biology of the ectoparasitic beetles Leptinillus validus (Horn) and L. aplodontiae Ferris of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Platypsyllinae)". Insecta Mundi, no. 0003, 1–7.
- Peck, Stewart B. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, eds. (2001). "Family 19. Leiodidae Fleming, 1821". American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia, 250–258.
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