-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Darkling Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Tenebrionoidea)

-Darkling Beetles (Family Tenebrionidae)

-Subfamily Anthicinae

-Tribe Anthicini

-Genus Stricticomus

-Double-dotted Anthicid (Stricticomus tobias)

The Double-dotted Anthicid beetle (Stricticomus tobias), is a small insect belonging to the family Anthicidae, commonly called ant-like flower beetles. These beetles resemble ants, primarily due to their body shape. They have a head that constricts just in front of the pronotum (the section behind the head) to form a "neck", and the posterior end of the pronotum is also typically narrow. Their legs and antennae are slender, enhancing their ant-like appearance. Adult beetles are omnivorous, consuming small arthropods, pollen, fungi, and other organic matter. The larvae, which often live in decaying plant material and fruit, can be omnivores, predators, or fungus-eaters.