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Genus Airora

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · See Also · Works Cited
Bark-Gnawing Beetle Found Under Bark - Airora cylindrica - female Bark-Gnawing Beetle Found Under Bark - Airora cylindrica - female Airora - Airora cylindrica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Family Trogossitidae (Bark-gnawing Beetles)
Genus Airora
Numbers
3 Nearctic species.
Size
3.2 to 15 mm.(1)
Identification
Elongate; cylindrical; large eyes; elytra with parallel sides.(2)
See Also
Similar to Temnochila, but in Temnochila only the front tibiae are spiny, where in Airora all tibiae are spiny.
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
By Richard E. White
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 29 January, 2006 - 8:09am

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