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Genus Peploglyptus

Peploglyptus belfragei LeConte - Peploglyptus belfragei

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 Onthophilinae

Genus Peploglyptus

Explanation of Names

Peploglyptus J.L. LeConte 1880

Numbers

a single species in our area(1), 3 spp. total(2)

Range

2 spp. in the New World (so. US to Bolivia) + 1 sp. in Borneo(2); in our area, AR-KS-TX(1)

Remarks

the presence of trichomes suggests myrmecophily(2)

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.	Description of the first Old World Peploglyptus LeConte (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Onthophilinae) M.S. Caterino. 2004. Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 603-609.

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 8 June, 2008 - 10:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 September, 2023 - 4:38pm

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