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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopherinae) » Zopherini » Zopherus » Zopherus concolor

Species Zopherus concolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Tenebrionoidea
Family Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Zopherinae (Ironclad Beetles)
Tribe Zopherini
Genus Zopherus
Species concolor (Zopherus concolor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Zopherus guttulatus Horn, Zopherodes morosus Casey
Explanation of Names
Zopherus concolor LeConte 1851
Size
12‒22 mm(1)
Identification
Black, with large, rounded elytral tubercles, more or less contiguous at base; pronotum with simple punctures (no raised granules)(1)
Range
sw.CO to c.TX(1)
Season
Jun‒Dec(1)
Works Cited
1.A review of the genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Triplehorn C.A. 1972. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 108: 1‒24.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 3 February, 2009 - 4:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2024 - 9:52pm

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