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Tropicus
Genus
Tropicus
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily
Byrrhoidea
Family
Heteroceridae (Variegated Mud-loving Beetles)
Genus
Tropicus
Explanation of Names
Tropicus
Pacheco 1964
Numbers
4 spp. in our area
(
1
)
(
2
)
(
3
)
Identification
Color pattern simple, among other characters
(
1
)
Range
T. pusillus
(Say) e. Canada to Panama
T. minutus
(Fall) TX
(
1
)
T. niger
Skalický MS
(
2
)
T. nigrellus
King & Lago NC-FL-MS
(
3
)
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.
New species of Heteroceridae from the New World (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae)
Skalický, S. 2007. Koleopterologische Rundschau 77:171-178.
3.
The variegated mud-loving beetles (Heteroceridae) of Mississippi and Alabama, with discussion and keys to se US spp.
King, J.G. and P.K. Lago. 2012. Insecta Mundi 0275: 1-53.
Contributed by
Cotinis
on 16 August, 2006 - 8:14pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
Brady Richards
Last updated 27 October, 2017 - 8:02pm