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Genus Pediacus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Cucujid series)

Family Cucujidae (Flat Bark Beetles)

Genus Pediacus

Explanation of Names

Pediacus Shuckard 1839

Numbers

the largest genus of the family, with 6 spp. in our area and >30 total(1)(2)(Marris & Ślipiński 2014)

Range

Holarctic, reaching Central America at high altitudes, Oriental, Australasian(1)(Marris & Ślipiński 2014)

Works Cited

1.	Thomas M.C. () Family Cucujidae Latreille 1802 (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

2.	A revision of Pediacus Shuckard (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) for America north of Mexico, with notes on other species Thomas M.C. 2004. Insecta Mundi 17: 157-177 (2003).

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 16 September, 2008 - 2:04pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Gruber, v belov
Last updated 2 September, 2021 - 5:57am

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