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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Comb-clawed Beetles (Alleculinae) » Alleculina » Lobopoda » Lobopoda socia

Species Lobopoda socia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Alleculinae - what genus? - Lobopoda socia - female Comb-clawed Beetle - Lobopoda socia Darkling Beetle - Lobopoda socia Lobopoda socia (LeConte) - Lobopoda socia Lobopoda socia - female Lobopoda socia - female 814W06 - Lobopoda socia 824W02 - Lobopoda socia
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 Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)
Subtribe Alleculina
Genus Lobopoda
Species socia (Lobopoda socia)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Allecula socia LeConte 1854
Explanation of Names
Lobopoda socia (LeConte)
Size
9-13 mm(1)
Range
FL-TX to Nicaragua(2)(1)
Habitat
common and widely distributed from the Gulf coastal plain; often taken at lights(1)
Remarks
our only representative of the subgenus Mesolobopoda Campbell 1966
Print References
Campbell J.M. (1986) Lobopoda socia (LeConte), newly established in Florida (Coleoptera: Alleculidae). Col. Bull. 40: 154-156. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Lobopoda (Coleoptera: Alleculidae) in North America and the West Indies
Campbell J.M. 1966. Illinois Biological Monographs 37: 1-203.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 29 April, 2010 - 9:39am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 May, 2023 - 8:33pm

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