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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Helopini » Nalassus » Nalassus aereus

Species Nalassus aereus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · 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 Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Tenebrioninae
Tribe Helopini
Genus Nalassus
Species aereus (Nalassus aereus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Helops aereus Germar 1823, Helops carolina Manee 1924
Explanation of Names
Nalassus aereus (Germar 1823)
Size
6-9.1 mm(1)
Range
e. US (RI-GA-AL to MO-KS-AR-MS)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
3.Flightless beetles in Appalachian “deserts”: studies on the distribution and localized habitats of some ... Tenebrionidae
Steiner W.E. 1999. Virginia Mus. Nat. Hist. Special Publication 7: 125-144.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 11 April, 2007 - 6:56am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, Thrasher
Last updated 19 March, 2024 - 2:44pm

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