Superfamily Dascilloidea - Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

What type of Beetles? - Sandalus niger - male - female

Sandalus niger? - Sandalus niger - female

Cicada Parasite Beetle - First PA Datapoint - Sandalus niger - male

Cicada Parasite Beetle - Sandalus niger - male

Beetle With Jaws - Sandalus niger - female

Cicada Parasite - Sandalus niger - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Dascilloidea (Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles)

Numbers

Two families;

Dascillidae - Soft-bodied Plant Beetles [chapter 38 (1)]

Rhipiceridae - Cedar Beetles or Cicada Parasite Beetles [chapter 39 (1)]

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 8 August, 2006 - 9:00pm

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