Genus Arthrolips

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

Arthrolips misella? - Arthrolips misella

Corylophidae, extracted from leaf litter alongside a montane stream. - Arthrolips

Coleoptera; Corylophidae? - Arthrolips fasciata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Coccinellid group)

Family Corylophidae (Minute Hooded Beetles)

Tribe Parmulini

Genus Arthrolips

Explanation of Names

Arthrolips Wollaston 1854

Numbers

8 spp. in our area(1)

Range

worldwide(2); in our area, e. US (MA-FL west to ND-TX-CA)(1)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Phylogeny and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with descriptions of new genera and larvae Ślipiński A., Tomaszewska W., Lawrence J.F. 2009. Systematic Entomology 34: 409–433.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 26 January, 2009 - 10:02am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 June, 2012 - 11:10pm

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