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Aderus
Genus
Aderus
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
Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)
Tribe
Aderini
Genus
Aderus
Explanation of Names
Aderus
Westwood 1830
Numbers
4 spp. (incl. one adventive) in our area
(
1
)
Identification
key to eastern spp. in Werner (1990)
(
2
)
Range
Worldwide
(
1
)
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Aderina
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.
2.
Revision of the Aderidae of eastern North America.
Werner, F.G. 1990. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 98: 187-232.
Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 8 March, 2007 - 7:08pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 31 March, 2022 - 4:18pm