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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles (Silvanidae) » Brontinae » Telephanini » Telephanus

Genus Telephanus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Telephanus atricapillus? - Telephanus atricapillus Silvanid Flat Bark Beetle - Telephanus atricapillus Coleopteran - Telephanus lecontei Beetle - Telephanus atricapillus Telephanus atricapillus Erichson - Telephanus atricapillus Telephanus atricapillus Black-headed beetle - Telephanus atricapillus Telephanus atricapillus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Silvanidae (Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Brontinae
Tribe Telephanini
Genus Telephanus
Explanation of Names
Telephanus Erichson 1846
Numbers
by far the largest genus of its family, with ~110 spp. worldwide but just two in our area(1)
Range
primarily Neotropical (+5 spp. in Madagascar & nearby islands); in our area, one sp. in e. NA, another in AZ(1)
Works Cited
1.Thomas M.C. (-2011) A preliminary checklist of the flat bark beetles of the world
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 17 March, 2005 - 12:09am
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah
Last updated 6 January, 2015 - 8:42pm

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