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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Cylindrical Bark Beetles (Colydiinae) » Synchitini » Lasconotus

Genus Lasconotus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Lasconotus laqueatus Lasconotus pusillus LeConte - Lasconotus pusillus Lasconotus - Lasconotus intricatus Zopheridae - Lasconotus Lasconotus nucleatus? - Lasconotus nucleatus Belden-J.2021.58 - Lasconotus linearis Lasconotus borealis Ironclad Beetle - Lasconotus borealis
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 Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Colydiinae (Cylindrical Bark Beetles)
Tribe Synchitini
Genus Lasconotus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anisopaulax Reitter 1877(1)
Explanation of Names
Lasconotus Erichson 1845
Numbers
22 spp. in our area(2), 37 in the New World(1); one of the largest genera in the family(3)
Range
virtually worldwide(3); in our area, mostly western (7 spp. reach BC), except L. borealis (boreal transcontinental), L. pusillus & L. referendarius (both e. US)(2)
Habitat
mostly under the bark of dead pines(2)
Food
some prey on bark beetles(2)
Internet References
Genus page(2)
Works Cited
1.Colydiine genera (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) of the New World: A key and nomenclatural acts 30 Years in the making.
Ivie, M.A., N.P. Lord, I.A. Foley and S.A. Ślipiński. 2016. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(4): 755–788.
2.Lord N.P., Nearns E.H., Miller K.B. (2011-2013) Ironclad ID
3.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.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 March, 2008 - 8:02am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2024 - 6:56pm

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