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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Gnathidiini » Tyrtaeus

Genus Tyrtaeus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Tyrtaeus dobsoni Hinton - Tyrtaeus dobsoni Beetle - Tyrtaeus dobsoni
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 Diaperinae
Tribe Gnathidiini
Genus Tyrtaeus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly variously treated in Colydiidae and Cerylonidae(1)
Explanation of Names
Tyrtaeus Champion 1913
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, both adventive, 11 spp. total (some of questionable validity)(1)
Range
Indo-Pacific & Neotropical, spreading through the agency of man; in our area, found recently in FL(1)
Habitat
fungus-infested wood, bark and litter(1)
Food
generalist feeders(1)
Remarks
easily collected when present(1)
Works Cited
1.First Report of Tyrtaeus rufus Champion and Tyrtaeus dobsoni Hinton (Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae: Anopidiina) from Florida
K.J. Hopp & M.A. Ivie. 2008. The Coleopterists Bulletin 62(3):427-436.
Contributed by v belov on 15 April, 2011 - 11:18am
Last updated 21 December, 2014 - 4:03pm

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