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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Xenoscelinae » Toramus » Toramus pulchellus

Species Toramus pulchellus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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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
Species pulchellus (Toramus pulchellus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Toramus pulchellus (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Tomarus pulchellus LeConte, 1866
Explanation of Names
pulchellus (L). 'beautiful' (1)
Range
e US (TX-FL-NH-IA) (2),(BG data)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 3 December, 2006 - 2:44pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 July, 2017 - 4:36pm

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