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Subgenus Orthopeplus

Orthopeplus quadricollis - Epuraea quadricollis Orthopeplus quadricollis - Epuraea quadricollis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Epuraeinae
Genus Epuraea
No Taxon Subgenus Orthopeplus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as a separate genus
Explanation of Names
Orthopeplus Horn 1879
Numbers
a single species in our area, 3 total(1)
Range
sw. US & Mexico(1)
Works Cited
1.Two new species of Epuraea (Orthopeplus) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Mexico
Cline A.R., Carlton C.E. . 2004. Col. Bull. 58: 261-270.