Genus Sosylus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Sosylus costatus LeConte - Sosylus costatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Bothriderid group)

Family Bothrideridae (Dry Bark Beetles)

Tribe Deretaphrini

Genus Sosylus

Explanation of Names

Sosylus Erichson 1845

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), >50 total(2)

Range

so. US, Virgin Islands, Mexico(1)... 1 AU

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.	BioLib.cz

Contributed by v belov on 26 January, 2010 - 12:56pm
Last updated 8 February, 2015 - 4:46pm

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