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Genus Scotochroa

False Darkling Beetle - Scotochroa atra Scotochroa buprestoides - Scotochroa False darkling beetle? - Scotochroa basalis False darkling beetle? - Scotochroa basalis False darkling beetle? - Scotochroa basalis False darkling beetle? - Scotochroa basalis Scotochroa - Scotochroa buprestoides
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Melandryinae
Tribe Xylitini
Genus Scotochroa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
may be synonymous with Dolotarsus(1)
Explanation of Names
Scotochroa LeConte 1874
Numbers
3-4* spp., all in our area(2) (*4 if Dolotarsus is treated as a junior synonym)
Range
Canada & n. US(2), 2 spp. eastern + one transcontinental (all three occur in NF)(3)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera, Beetles; Morphology and Systematics vol. 2
Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence. 2010. De Gruyter.
2.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.
3.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska