Tribe Hypocaccini

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

Intertidal Hister Beetle - Neopachylopus sulcifrons

Hypocaccus (s.str.) brasiliensis (Paykull 1811) - Hypocaccus brasiliensis

Beetle that Burrows - Neopachylopus sulcifrons

beach hister beetle - Hypocaccus dimidiatipennis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Saprininae

Tribe Hypocaccini

Explanation of Names

Hypocaccini Lackner 2023

Numbers

~40 spp. in 4 genera in our area (all but 3 spp. in Hypocaccus)(1), >350 spp. in 33 genera total(2)

Range

worldwide, by far most diverse in warmer climes of the Old World(2)

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.	Saprininae: Phylogeny, biogeography and a new classification of the subfamily (Coleoptera_ Histeridae) Lackner T., Zhang Y.M., Kindler C., Motyka M., Balke M. 2023. Syst. Entomol. 1―24.

Contributed by v belov on 10 August, 2023 - 5:21pm
Last updated 10 August, 2023 - 6:59pm

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