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Genus Phyllobaenus

Phyllobaenus humeralis (Say) - Phyllobaenus humeralis

Phyllobaenus discoideus (LeConte) - Phyllobaenus discoideus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cleroidea

Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Subfamily Hydnocerinae

Genus Phyllobaenus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

taxonomy is a mess

Explanation of Names

Phyllobaenus Dejean 1837

Greek 'leaf-walker'

Numbers

>50 spp. in our area

Size

3‒5 mm

Range

across NA

See Also

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Nomenclatural and distributional notes regarding some North American spp. of Phyllobaenus (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Hydnocerinae). Leavengood Jr., J.M. 2014. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 13(59): 471-480.

Contributed by tom murray on 13 June, 2005 - 9:31pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 March, 2024 - 7:14pm

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