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Genus Isomira

Mr.(?) Beetle - Isomira quadristriata - male unknown beetle - Isomira comstocki beetle - Isomira sericea Alleculinae - Comb-clawed Beetles Genus Isomira - Isomira sericea Unidentified Tenebrionid - Isomira beetle on Cirsium - Isomira comstocki Darkling beetle - Isomira quadristriata Isomira sp. - Isomira quadristriata
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 Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)
Subtribe Gonoderina
Genus Isomira
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tedinus Casey 1891
Explanation of Names
Isomira Mulsant 1856
Numbers
14 spp. in our area(1), ~70 total(2)
Identification
eastern spp. revised in (3)(4); key to species in (4)
Range
holarctic, incl. much of the US and so. Canada; in our area, more diverse in the east (5 spp. western, of which 3 confined to CA)(1)
Remarks
not yet in guide: luscitiosa, monticola [CA], texana [TX] (all Casey 1891); I. damnata Marshall 1970 [CA]
Print References
(5)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
2.BioLib.cz
3.Isomira Mulsant in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Alleculidae): redescriptions, new synonymies, and taxonomic notes...
Marshall J.D. 1970. Ent. News 81: 41‒49.
4.Isomira Mulsant in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Alleculidae): species of eastern North America concluded
Marshall J.D. 1970. Col. Bull. 24: 88‒95.
5.Isomira Mulsant in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Alleculidae): a redefinition and new synonymy for variabilis Horn...
Marshall J.D. 1970. Biol. Soc. Nevada Occasional Papers 27, 6 pp.