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August 8-10, 2008

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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

Conk ironclad beetle - Phellopsis obcordata

Ironclad with cream markings - Nosoderma diabolicum

Phloeodes diabolicum ? - Nosoderma diabolicum

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 and two of Monommatidae for North America.

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

NIN

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 August, 2008 - 8:56pm

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