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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Stenochiinae » Stenochiini » Oploptera » Oploptera simplicicolle

Species Oploptera simplicicolle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Stenochiinae
Tribe Stenochiini
Genus Oploptera
Species simplicicolle (Oploptera simplicicolle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Strongylium simplicicolle LeConte 1878
see (1)
Explanation of Names
Oploptera simplicicolle (LeConte 1878)
Size
9.4-10.0 mm(2)
Range
se. US (TN-NC-FL-TX)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.Notes on Stenochiini Kirby, 1837 genera and species from western North America (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Johnston M.A., Cortés Hernández K. 2021. Dugesiana 28: 81-87.
2.A review of Strongylium of America north of Mexico, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
Triplehorn C.A., Spilman T.J. 1973. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 99: 1-27.
3.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 18 May, 2007 - 4:51am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 July, 2021 - 5:46pm

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