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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopherinae) » Zopherini » Sesaspis

Genus Sesaspis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Ironclad - Sesaspis emarginata Beetle - Sesaspis emarginata Sesaspis emarginata (Horn) - Sesaspis emarginata Darkling beetle of some sort? - Sesaspis emarginata Sesaspis? - Sesaspis emarginata Sesaspis emarginata Ironclad - Sesaspis emarginata Sesaspis emarginata
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 Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Zopherinae (Ironclad Beetles)
Tribe Zopherini
Genus Sesaspis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
the members of this genus used to be variously treated in a number of related genera (mostly Nosoderma, but also Verodes and Phloeodes)(1)
Explanation of Names
Sesaspis Casey 1907
Numbers
A single species in our area, 7 spp. total(1)
Identification
Venter covered by punctures with single inserted setae (tubercles in Phloeodes); short arcuate cavity on the hypomeron (also present in Nosoderma, but that genus has a distinct transverse groove on the prosternum)(1)
Range
Central America into TX-NM; all 7 spp. are known from Mexico, and 5 of them not known outside Mexico(1)(2)
Habitat
mostly mountainous pine forests(1)
Internet References
Ironclad ID(2)
Works Cited
1.A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
I.A. Foley & M.A. Ivie. 2008. Zootaxa 1928: 1-72.
2.Lord N.P., Nearns E.H., Miller K.B. (2011-2013) Ironclad ID
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 3 December, 2009 - 11:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 July, 2019 - 11:07am

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