Genus Smicrips

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited

Smicrips texana (Casey) - Smicrips texana

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 (Nitidulid series)

Family Smicripidae (Palmetto Beetles)

Genus Smicrips

Explanation of Names

Smicrips LeConte 1878

Numbers

2 described spp. in our area(1); "I suspect that they are the same. At one time I thought I could tell them apart but the more specimens I see the more variation I see also. Somebody needs to take a close look at series of specimens of both species and especially compare male genitalia." (M.C. Thomas, 20.v.2008)

Internet References

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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.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 18 January, 2008 - 5:06pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 January, 2015 - 7:54pm

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