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Genus Camptodes

Camptodes texanus Schaeffer - Camptodes texanus Camptodes texanus Schaeffer - Camptodes texanus Camptodes texanus Schaeffer     - Camptodes texanus Camptodes texanus Schaeffer - Camptodes texanus Camptodes texanus Schaeffer - Camptodes texanus Nitidulid - Camptodes texanus Nitidulid - Camptodes texanus
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 (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Nitidulinae
Tribe Cyllodini
Genus Camptodes
Explanation of Names
Camptodes Erichson 1843
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, ~160 total(1)
Range
AZ, s. FL, s. TX to S. Amer. - Map (2)(3)(4)
Remarks
C. texanus Schaeffer 1904, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, 12, 203. on Ebony (Apr-Oct) in Texas (Harlingen, Brownsville).
C. gaumeri Sharp 1890, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Col., 2 (pt 1), 330. Apr 20 - Jun 25, Brownsville, Texas
C. (Eucamptodes) nigerrimus Patagonia, AZ
C. communis - 2 spmn from s. FL (1)
Works Cited
1.A new sap beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) to the United States with a revised key to the Camptodes Erichson occurring in USA.
Cline, A.R. 2004. Insecta Mundi 17(1-2): 101-102.
2.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
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.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)