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Genus Esthesopus

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 Elateridae (Click Beetles)

Subfamily Cardiophorinae

Genus Esthesopus

Numbers

9 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

Key to spp: Horn (1884)

Range

across the continent (1)

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1884. A study of some genera of Elateridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 12: 33-52.

Internet References

TYPE spmns - Harvard, MCZ

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 v belov on 21 April, 2009 - 10:56am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 May, 2009 - 5:04pm

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