Carpelimus aridus explained

Carpelimus aridus is a species in the subfamily Oxytelinae ("spiny-legged rove beetles"), in the suborder Polyphaga ("water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf and snout beetles").^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in the Caribbean.^[2]

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Herman, Lee H. (2001). "Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millenium. III. Oxyteline group". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 265, 1067–1806.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carpelimus aridus Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-21.
2. Web site: Carpelimus aridus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2018-01-21.
3. Web site: Carpelimus aridus Species Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-01-21.