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Genus Pirhidius

Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male
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 Ripiphoridae (Wedge-shaped Beetles)
Genus Pirhidius
Explanation of Names
Pirhidius Besuchet 1957
Numbers
A single (still unnamed) species in our area, several more in the Neotropics(1)
Range
neotropical genus ranging into FL(1)
Remarks
our only representative of the subfamily Ripidiinae Gerstaecker 1855(1)
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.