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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Shining Flower Beetles (Phalacridae) » Phalacrus-group » Phalacrus

Genus Phalacrus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Phalacridae (Shining Flower Beetles)
No Taxon (Phalacrus-group)
Genus Phalacrus
Explanation of Names
Phalacrus Paykull 1800
Greek φαλακρος = 'bald'
Numbers
25 spp. in our area, ~100 worldwide(1)
Size
1.4–4.5 mm(2)
Identification
Note large scutellum, single elytral stria, robust tarsi, lengthened terminal antennomere, and pitch-black color --Matt Gimmel, 13.ix.2010
Range
worldwide, incl. most of our area - Map (3)(2)(4), (in the New World, Alaska to Argentina)(1)
Food
highly specialized feeders on smut fungi (Ustilaginales) and rust fungi (Pucciniales)(1)
Internet References
Genus page(2)
Works Cited
1.Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Gimmel M. 2013. Zootaxa 3605: 1–147.
2.Gimmel M. 2012. Phalacridae (Coleoptera) taxonomic database [temporary name]
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 12 November, 2008 - 2:27pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 July, 2022 - 6:18pm

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