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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Coniontini » Dune Beetles (Coelus) » San Joaquin Dune Beetle (Coelus gracilis)

Species Coelus gracilis - San Joaquin Dune Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Coelus gracilis-San Joaquin Dune Beetle - Coelus gracilis Coelus gracilis-San Joaquin Dune Beelte - Coelus gracilis Coelus gracilis - female
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 Pimeliinae
Tribe Coniontini
Genus Coelus (Dune Beetles)
Species gracilis (San Joaquin Dune Beetle)
Other Common Names
San Joaquin Dune Beetle(1)
Explanation of Names
Coelus gracilis Blaisdell 1939
Range
CA: dunes bordering San Joaquin Valley(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet
Works Cited
1.California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Special Animals List.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2016. Periodic publication. 51 pp.
2.Biology and systematics of the genus Coelus (Coleoptera: Tentyriidae)
J.T. Doyen. 1976. J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 49(4): 595-624.
Contributed by v belov on 21 February, 2010 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 December, 2018 - 7:30pm

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