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Genus Nacerdes

Wharf Beetle - Nacerdes melanura Nacerdes melanura? - Nacerdes melanura Nacerdes melanura Driftwood beetle - Nacerdes melanura Beetle/weevil - Nacerdes melanura Nacerdes? - Nacerdes melanura wharf borer larva - Nacerdes melanura Nacerdes melanura - Wharf Borer? - Nacerdes melanura
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 Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Oedemerinae
Tribe Nacerdini
Genus Nacerdes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nacerda Stevens 1839
Explanation of Names
Nacerdes Dejean 1834
Numbers
A single species in our area(1), >40 spp. worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
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.A revision of the Nearctic Oedemeridae (Coleoptera)
Arnett R.H., Jr. 1951. American Midland Naturalist 45: 257-391.