Genus Dircaea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

False Darkling Beetle - Dircaea liturata

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 Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Melandryinae

Tribe Dircaeini

Genus Dircaea

Explanation of Names

Dircaea Fabricius 1798

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1), a dozen total(2)

Range

holarctic; in our area, one sp. widespread in the east (NS-FL to AB-TX), another in BC only(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.	BioLib.cz

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 2 June, 2005 - 7:41am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 February, 2015 - 10:28am

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