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Genus Carcinops

Unknown Hister Beetle - Carcinops pumilio

Carcinops corticalis - Carcinops corticis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Dendrophilinae

Tribe Paromalini

Genus Carcinops

Explanation of Names

Carcinops Marseul 1855

Numbers

2 subgenera (of which one monotypic), with 20 spp. in our area(1)(2) and ~60 spp. worldwide

Range

in our area, mostly sw. US(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	A review of the cactophilic Carcinops Marseul (Col.: Histeridae) of the Sonoran Desert Region, with descriptions of 6 new spp. Reese E.M., Swanson A.P. 2017. Col. Bull. 71: 159-190.

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 6 December, 2007 - 7:41pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 May, 2017 - 12:38pm

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