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Genus Isomira

Beetle ID - Isomira Comb-clawed Beetle - Isomira sericea Ground Beelte - Isomira comstocki Coleoptera - Isomira quadristriata Isomira sericea beetle - Isomira quadristriata Small Darkling Beetle? - Isomira Isomira, possibly comstocki or luscitiosa? - Isomira
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)
Subtribe Gonoderina
Genus Isomira
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tedinus Casey 1891
Explanation of Names
Isomira Mulsant 1856
Numbers
14 spp. in our area(1), ~70 total(2)
Range
holarctic, incl. much of the US and so. Canada; in our area, more diverse in the east (5 spp. western, of which 3 confined to CA)(1)
Remarks
not yet in guide: I. iowensis [eastern], luscitiosa, monticola [CA], texana [TX] (all Casey 1891); I. damnata Marshall 1970 [CA]
Print References
Marshall J.D. (1970a) Isomira Mulsant in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Alleculidae): redescriptions, new synonymies, and taxonomic notes on eastern North American species. Ent. News 81: 41‒49. (Full Text)
Marshall J.D. (1970b) Isomira Mulsant in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Alleculidae): species of eastern North America concluded. Col. Bull. 24: 88‒95.
Marshall J.D. (1970c) Isomira Mulsant in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Alleculidae): a redefinition and new synonymy for variabilis Horn and a new species from western United States. Biol. Soc. Nevada Occasional Papers 27, 6 pp.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
2.BioLib.cz
Contributed by tom murray on 24 August, 2005 - 4:51pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2023 - 7:18am

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