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Genus Triachus

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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 Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Cryptocephalina
Genus Triachus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Genus not revised since it was established by LeConte (1880) (1)
Explanation of Names
Triachus J.L. LeConte 1880
Numbers
4 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
1-1.2 mm (LeConte 1880)
Range
most of e. N. Amer. (2)
Food
adults associated with Rhus, Baccharis, Myrica (1)
Life Cycle
biology poorly known (1)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1880. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 8: 163–218. (Full Text)
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.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 May, 2009 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 20 July, 2017 - 1:17pm

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