Genus Monophylla

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

paddle-shaped antennae beetle - Monophylla terminata

This is probably a male of Monophylla californica - Monophylla californica

Monophylla pallipes (Schaeffer) - Monophylla pallipes - female

Monophylla - Monophylla terminata - male

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 Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Genus Monophylla

Numbers

3 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

Genus easily recognized by elongate, spatulate terminal antennomere which is particularly long in the male (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 Beatriz Moisset on 29 May, 2006 - 8:45am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 June, 2009 - 8:53am

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