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Subfamily Zopherinae - Ironclad Beetles


A revision of the genus Phellopsis LeConte (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
By Foley I.A., Ivie M.A.
Zootaxa 1689: 1–28, 2008

A review of the genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
By Triplehorn C.A.
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 108: 1‒24, 1972

Neue Monommidae und Epitragini (Tenebrionidae) des British Museum und eine Tabelle der amerikanischen Monommidae...
By Freude H.
Spixiana 16: 213-225, 1993
Full title: Neue Monommidae und Epitragini (Tenebrionidae) des British Museum und eine Tabelle der amerikanischen Monommidae (Coleoptera, Monommidae, Tenebrionidae)

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A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
By Foley I.A., Ivie M.A.
Zootaxa 1928: 1‒72, 2008

Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
By Janet C. Ciegler
Clemson University, 2014
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This study of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea continues efforts to document the biodiversity of South Carolina. Twenty tenebrionoid families (excluding Ciidae and Scraptiidae) are covered: Aderidae, Anthicidae, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Ischaliidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Oedemeridae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, and Zopheridae.

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae
By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 179: 243-256, 2012

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae
By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I., Bouchard P., Bousquet Y.
Zookeys 179: 257-277, 2012

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae
By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 179: 215-242, 2012