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Species Aderus tantillus

Aderus tantillus (Champion) - Aderus tantillus Vanonus balteatus? - Aderus tantillus
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 Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Aderini
Genus Aderus
Species tantillus (Aderus tantillus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aderus tantillus (Champion)
Orig. Comb: Xylophilus tantillus Champion 1890
Size
1.5-2.0 mm(1)
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo, Cameron Co.) to Guatemala - Map (1)(2)(BG data)
Remarks
described from a single spmn from San Geronimo, Guatemala.
Print References
Champion, G.C. 1890. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta. Coleoptera. Heteromera (part). Vol. IV, Pt 2, Pg. 190, Tab. 8, Fig. 28
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Aderidae of eastern North America.
Werner, F.G. 1990. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 98: 187-232.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)