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Genus Lobopoda

Alleculini>>Alleculina>>Lobopoda sp. - Lobopoda punctulata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

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

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)

Genus Lobopoda

Explanation of Names

lobo is Greek for a lobe (1)

pod is Greek for a foot

Numbers

7 spp (2)

Range

Eastern U.S. to west Texas (2)

Print References

Campbell, J. M. 1966. A Revision of the Genus Lobopoda (Coleoptera: Alleculidae) in North. America and the West Indies Illinois Biological Monographs 37: 1-203.

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	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 Jeff Hollenbeck on 25 February, 2007 - 11:24am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 August, 2008 - 9:51am

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