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Discodon
Genus
Discodon
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily
Elateroidea
Family
Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily
Silinae
Tribe
Silini
Genus
Discodon
Explanation of Names
Discodon
Gorham 1881
Numbers
5 nominal spp. in our area, ~350 total
(
1
)
Range
large neotropical group ranging into sw. US (AZ-TX)
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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.
Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 23 October, 2009 - 9:43am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2015 - 7:50pm