Genus Lecontella

Classification · Numbers · See Also · Works Cited

all brown clerid - Lecontella gnara - male

Lecontella brunnea (Spinola) - Lecontella brunnea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Genus Lecontella

Numbers

3 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

See Also

Lecontella spp. are very similar to the members of Cymatodera, however, Lecontella spp. have an elongated terminal antennomere most pronounced in males. (1)

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.)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 25 August, 2006 - 9:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 19 August, 2009 - 5:34am

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