Genus Novelsis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Scraptiidae ??? 201003_05423 Dixieland - Novelsis picta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)

Tribe Attagenini

Genus Novelsis

Explanation of Names

Novelsis Casey 1900

Numbers

7 spp. in our area(1); not yet in guide:

N. andersoni Beal, 1954 (AZ, CA, UT, perhaps Mex)

N. athlophora Beal, 1954 (northwestern, BC/OR - WY)

N. timia Beal, 1954 (AZ/CA - Mex)

Identification

key to spp. in (1)

Range

w US (WA-CA to NE-TX)(1)

Works Cited

1.	A new species of Novelsis Casey, 1900 from California (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) Háva J. 2021. Taxonomical Series 17 (2): 271-275.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 30 June, 2006 - 2:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 22 April, 2022 - 8:59am

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