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Genus Perilypus

Perilypus ornaticollis (LeConte) - Perilypus ornaticollis Perilypus ornaticollis (LeConte) - Perilypus ornaticollis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Clerinae
Genus Perilypus
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
serrate antennae (1)
Range
AZ; TX-OH (1)
Habitat
take beating on oaks (1)
Print References
Ekis, G. 1977. Classification, Phylogeny, and Zoogeography of the Genus Perilypus (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 227: i-iv + 1-138. Full PDF
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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 October, 2009 - 5:01pm
Last updated 28 December, 2013 - 5:14am

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