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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Shining Flower Beetles (Phalacridae) » Litochropus-group » Neolitochrus

Genus Neolitochrus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
unknown beetle - Neolitochrus pulchellus Litochrus pulchellus - Neolitochrus pulchellus Neolitochrus pulchellus (LeConte) - Neolitochrus pulchellus Shining Flower Beetle - Neolitochrus crucigerus Neolitochrus immaculatus - male Neolitochrus immaculatus - male Neolitochrus immaculatus - male phalacrids - Neolitochrus crucigerus
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 (Cucujid series)
Family Phalacridae (Shining Flower Beetles)
No Taxon (Litochropus-group)
Genus Neolitochrus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Litochrus Erichson 1845 is an Old World genus (primarily Australasian)(1)
Explanation of Names
Neolitochrus Gimmel 2013
Numbers
4 spp. in our area + 1 described sp. in Mexico + some undescribed spp. farther south(1)
Size
0.9-2.3 mm; contains the smallest known phalacrids(1)
Range
e. US (to NJ-IL) to Brazil & Bolivia(1)
Habitat
collected by beating; often come to lights in numbers(1)
Food
probably ascomycete fungi(1)
Works Cited
1.Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Gimmel M. 2013. Zootaxa 3605: 1–147.
Contributed by v belov on 26 March, 2011 - 12:51pm
Last updated 28 January, 2013 - 8:21am

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