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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae)

Family Zopheridae - Ironclad Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
rough textured beetle - Phellopsis obcordata what is it? - Phellopsis porcata Strange Spider - Zopherus nodulosus Ironclad with cream markings - Phloeodes diabolicus Brown Zopheridae, Hyporhagus - Hyporhagus Light edged Black ground beetle? - Zopherus Ironclad Beetle - Phellopsis Phloeonemus integer (Reitter) - Phloeonemus integer
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
Nearctica.com lists six genera of Zopheridae, two of Monommatidae and 25 of Colydiidae for North America.

Family ZOPHERIDAE
Subfamily ZOPHERINAE
Noserus, Phellopsis, Phloeodes, Usechimorpha, Usechus, Zopherus

Subfamily MONOMMATINAE
Aspathenes, Hyporhagus

Subfamily COLYDIINAE
Acolobicus, Anchomma, Aulonium, Bitoma, Colydium, Coxelus, Denophloeus, Endeitoma, Eucicones, Eudesmula, Eulachus, Lasconotus, Lobogestoria, Megataphrus, Microsicus, Monoedus, Myrmechixenus, Namunaria, Nematidium, Phloeonemus, Pseudotaphrus, Pycnomerus, Rhagodera, Rustleria, Synchita
Print References
American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapters 103, 104 & 105 (1)
Arnett, p. 465 (2)
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
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 August, 2004 - 1:59pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 2 July, 2009 - 8:28am

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