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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Silinae » Ditemnus

Genus Ditemnus

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red-and-black beetle - Ditemnus orange-red pronotum, serrate antennae - Ditemnus bidentatus Cantharid? - Ditemnus - female Cantharid? - Ditemnus - female Soldier Beetle - Ditemnus beetle to ID - Ditemnus Soldier beetle - Ditemnus - female Soldier Beetle - Ditemnus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)
Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Silinae
Genus Ditemnus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Was previously treated as a subgenus of Silis.
Numbers
12 species
Print References
Green, J.W., 1966. Revision of the Nearctic species of Silis (Cantharidae: Coleoptera). (Illus.). Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci. 32:447-513.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 November, 2005 - 7:37pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 30 April, 2007 - 7:40am

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