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Genus Pteleon

Pteleon brevicornis (Jacoby) - Pteleon brevicornis

beetle on cactus petals next to a pair of Carpophilus - Pteleon brevicornis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)

Tribe Luperini

Subtribe Luperina-subtribe

Genus Pteleon

Explanation of Names

Pteleon Jacoby 1888

Numbers

A single species in our area, 3 spp. total(1)

Range

sw. US (CA to UT-TX) & Mexico(1)

Remarks

member of the section Exosomites Wilcox 1965 [unavailable family-group name]

Works Cited

1.	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 Mike Quinn on 1 March, 2009 - 12:09pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2015 - 10:25pm

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