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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Dorcatominae » Dorcatomini » Byrrhodes » undescribed sp. (Byrrhodes undescribed sp.)

undescribed sp.

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Byrrhodes n. sp. - Byrrhodes Byrrhodes n. sp. - Byrrhodes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily Dorcatominae
Tribe Dorcatomini
Genus Byrrhodes
No Taxon undescribed sp.
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
?Byrrhodes sp. (new genus nr. Byrrhodes) (1)
Numbers
11 spp. of Byrrhodes described from n. of Mex. (2)
Size
~3 mm
Range
Only two specimens known, first from Brazos Bend State Park sw. of Houston. Second specimen collected October 9, 2009 from The Riley Estate, se. College Station, Brazos County, Texas.
Food
Byrrhodes spp. feed in hard tree fungi (2)
Print References
White, R.E. 1966. Six new Anobiidae from North America with keys (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 68: 228-236.
White, R.E. 1973. A new genus, two new species, and a species key for Byrrhodes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 75(1): 48-54.
Works Cited
1.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
2.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 18 October, 2009 - 9:41pm
Last updated 11 April, 2014 - 10:50am

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