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Genus Embaphion

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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 Amphidorini
Genus Embaphion
Explanation of Names
Embaphion Say 1824
Greek εμβαφιον 'saucer'
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, 8 total(1)
Range
w Canada (AB-SK) to n Mexico(1)
Remarks
Lacking in guide:
E. contractum Blaisdell, 1909 [NM],
E. planum Horn, 1870 [CO KS NM UT WY]
Works Cited
1.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.