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Genus Stelidota

Is this Stelidota coenosa? - Stelidota geminata Stelidota sp? - Stelidota Stelidota octomaculata Nitidulinae? - Stelidota geminata Beetle - Stelidota geminata Beetle - Stelidota octomaculata Beetle - Stelidota octomaculata 9081375 sapper - Stelidota geminata
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 Nitidulini
No Taxon (Phenolia complex)
Genus Stelidota
Explanation of Names
Stelidota Erichson 1843
stelis Greek 'pillar'(1)
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(2)
Identification
keys to spp.: adults(3) • larvae(4)
Range
e. US to AZ(2); 3 spp. widespread, S. adsuffusa restricted to so. FL & Bahamas(3)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.
3.The genus Stelidota Erichson in North America: a new species from Florida, new synonymy and lectotype designations...
Ford E.J. 1996. Col. Bull. 50: 149-153.
4.Descriptions and key for identification of larvae of Stelidota Erichson (Col.: Nitidulidae) found in America north of Mexico
Peng C.R., Williams R.N., Galford J.R. 1990. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 63: 626-633.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 17 November, 2005 - 8:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 10 February, 2015 - 9:45am

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