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Species Gymnoganascus stephani

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Gymnoganascus stephani Werner, 1990 - Gymnoganascus stephani - male

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 Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Aderini
Genus Gymnoganascus
Species stephani (Gymnoganascus stephani)

Explanation of Names

Gymnoganascus stephani Werner 1990
patronym for coleopterist Karl Stephan (1931-2005)

Range

c US (KY-OK-TX), Mexico, Cuba(1)

Works Cited

1.Revision of the Aderidae of eastern North America.
Werner, F.G. 1990. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 98: 187-232.