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Ammodonus
Genus
Ammodonus
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
Opatrini
Genus
Ammodonus
Explanation of Names
Ammodonus
Mulsant & Rey 1859
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, 1 more in Mesoamerica
(
1
)
Range
s. ON, e. US & AZ to the neotropics
(
1
)
Habitat
open sandy areas, beaches, deserts
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.
Contributed by
Robin McLeod
on 11 March, 2005 - 11:13am
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 26 November, 2023 - 12:47pm