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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Shining Flower Beetles (Phalacridae) » Apallodes

Genus Apallodes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Litolibrus princeps (Schwarz) - Apallodes princeps
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 (Cucujid series)
Family Phalacridae (Shining Flower Beetles)
Genus Apallodes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Litolibrus Sharp 1889(1)
Explanation of Names
Apallodes Reitter 1873
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(2), 25 total(3)
Size
1.9–4.8 mm(1) [the largest phalacrids in the New World(3)]
Range
Neotropical group ranging into so. US (MS-TX-OK + so.FL)(3)(1)
See Also
Some strongly resemble Pallodes (Nitidulidae)(3)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Gimmel M. 2012. Phalacridae (Coleoptera) taxonomic database [temporary name]
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.Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Gimmel M. 2013. Zootaxa 3605: 1–147.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 July, 2008 - 1:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2013 - 8:00am

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