Genus Phradonoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Another tiny beetle on Mesquite - Phradonoma nobile

Dermestid on roadside sunflower - Phradonoma nobile

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)

Tribe Anthrenini

Genus Phradonoma

Explanation of Names

Phradonoma Jacquelin du Val 1859

Numbers

A single (adventive) species in our area, ~40 spp. total(1)

Range

native to drier regions of Asia & Africa, with a couple of spp. ranging into so. Europe(1), one of which also recorded in AZ

Works Cited

1.	Háva J. (2018) World catalogue of the Dermestidae

Contributed by v belov on 16 May, 2015 - 11:45am

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