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Genus Polypleurus

Polypleurus geminatus Darkling Beetle - Polypleurus perforatus Polypleurus - Polypleurus perforatus beetle - Polypleurus perforatus Polypleurus perforatus (Germar) - Polypleurus perforatus Polypleurus perforatus Polypleurus perforatus (Germar) - Polypleurus perforatus Polypleurus - Polypleurus geminatus
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 Cnodalonini
Genus Polypleurus
Explanation of Names
Polypleurus Eschscholtz 1831
Polypleurus (G). 'many ribbed' (1)
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(2)
Size
Length greater than 13 mm....geminatus Solier
Length less than 11 mm....perforatus (Germar)
Identification
Range
se. US: one sp. north to NJ-IL and west to the Ozark region (e. TX), another restricted to FL(3)
Print References
Eschscholtz, J.F. 1831. Zoologischer Atlas : enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains v. Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der russisch-kaiserlichen Kriegsschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 1823-1826.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Flightless beetles in Appalachian “deserts”: studies on the distribution and localized habitats of some ... Tenebrionidae
Steiner W.E. 1999. Virginia Mus. Nat. Hist. Special Publication 7: 125-144.