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Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
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Family Zopheridae - Ironclad Beetles

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
includes the Monommatidae [Oppossum Beetles] and Colydiidae [Cylindrical Bark Beetles]
Numbers

ZOPHERINAE

Noserus LeConte 1862
Noserus collaris Casey 1907
Noserus convexulus Casey 1907
Noserus corrosus Casey 1907
Noserus emarginatus Horn 1878
Noserus plicatum LeConte 1859
Noserus torvus Casey 1907

Phellopsis LeConte 1862
Phellopsis montana Casey 1907
Phellopsis obcordatus (Kirby 1837)
Phellopsis porcatum (LeConte 1853)
Phellopsis robustula Casey 1907

Phloeodes LeConte 1866
Phloeodes angustus Casey 1907
Phloeodes diabolicum (LeConte 1851)
Phloeodes elongatus Casey 1907
Phloeodes latipennis Casey 1907
Phloeodes ovipennis Casey 1907
Phloeodes pustulosum (LeConte 1859)
Phloeodes remotus Casey 1907
Phloeodes scaber Casey 1907

Usechimorpha Blaisdell 1929
Usechimorpha barberi Blaisdell 1929

Usechus Motschulsky 1845
Usechus lacerta Motschulsky 1845
Usechus nucleatus Casey 1889

Zopherus Gray 1832
Zopherus concolor LeConte 1851
Zopherus elegans Horn 1870
Zopherus gracilis Horn 1867
Zopherus granicollis Horn 1885
Zopherus nodulosus Solier 1841
Zopherus opacus Horn 1867
Zopherus sanctahelenae Blaisdell 1931
Zopherus tristis LeConte 1851
Zopherus uteanus (Casey 1907)
Zopherus xestus Triplehorn 1972

MONOMMATINAE

Aspathenes Champion 1888
Aspathenes aeneus (Thomson 1860)

Hyporhagus Thomson 1860
Hyporhagus gilensis Horn 1872
Hyporhagus leechi Freude 1955
Hyporhagus opaculus LeConte 1866
Hyporhagus pseudogilensis Freude 1955
Hyporhagus punctulatus Thomson 1860

COLYDIINAE

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.)
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett