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Genus Trypherus

Representative Images

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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 Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Chauliognathinae
Genus Trypherus

Explanation of Names

Trypherus LeConte 1851

Numbers

5 spp. in our area, more diverse in the Old World(1)

Range

e. NA (west to OK) and e. Asia (most spp. in Taiwan & Japan)(1), genus occurs in n. TX (2)

Habitat

not uncommon on herbaceous foliage in the understory of deciduous forests(1)

Remarks

a member of the tribe Ichthyurini Champion 1915(1)

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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 4 April, 2005 - 9:50am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 June, 2025 - 10:56am

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