Genus Phaenonotum

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

Small Oval Hydrophilid ? - Phaenonotum exstriatum

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 Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)

Subfamily Sphaeridiinae

Tribe Coelostomatini

Genus Phaenonotum

Explanation of Names

Phaenonotum Sharp 1882

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1)

Identification

Scutellum not elongate; pronotum w/o long, sharp process between front coxae; w/o strong apical seta(2)

Range

e. NA(1)

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.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by Tim Moyer on 5 September, 2008 - 1:26pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 December, 2014 - 9:40pm

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