Species Ditemnus freemani

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Freeman's South Texas Soldier Beetle - Ditemnus freemani - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)

Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)

Subfamily Silinae

Genus Ditemnus

Species freemani (Ditemnus freemani)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Species described by Brown in 1940.

Numbers

12 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

Ditemnus freemani (Brown)

Det. E. G. Riley 2009

Cantharidae: Silinae: Silini

Print References

Brown, W.J. 1940. Some new species of Cantharidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Canadian Entomologist, 72: 161-166.

Green, J.W. 1966. Revision of the Nearctic species of Silis (Cantharidae: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 32: 447–513.

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 March, 2009 - 9:07pm
Last updated 30 March, 2009 - 6:30pm

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