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Genus Phenolia

Phenolia grossa? - Phenolia grossa Sap Beetle - Phenolia grossa Nitidulidae, dorsal  - Phenolia grossa fungus beetle - Phenolia grossa Phenolia grossa? - Phenolia grossa Nitidulidae ? - Phenolia grossa mystery nit - Phenolia grossa Beetle active on mushroom - Phenolia grossa
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 Phenolia
Pronunciation
Fay-NO-lee-uh
Explanation of Names
Phenolia Erichson 1843
Numbers
A single species in our area(1); many spp. in 4 subgenera worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide, incl. e. & so. NA
Habitat
under bark and in fungi
Works Cited
1.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.
2.A current generic classification of sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)
Kirejtshuk A.G. 2008. Zoosystematica Rossica 17: 107-122.