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Genus Lobopoda

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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.)