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Genus Toramus

Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Toramus pulchellus

Tiny Mottled Brown Beetle - Toramus pulchellus

Small, brown beetle with dark marks (2) - Toramus pulchellus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Erotylid series)

Family Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Xenoscelinae

Genus Toramus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tomarus LeConte 1861 not Erichson 1847

Explanation of Names

Toramus Grouvelle 1916

Numbers

5 spp. in our area(1)

Range

Widely distributed(1) (though BG data all from e. NA)

See Also

Atomariinae

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.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 November, 2006 - 8:22pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 January, 2021 - 6:58pm

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