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Genus Salebius

Not Salebius- Omissophagus tsoodzilianus Esser - Salebius - male Salebius - Salebius octodentatus Silken Fungus Beetle - Salebius octodentatus - male Silken Fungus Beetle - Salebius octodentatus - male small beetle - Salebius small beetle - Salebius Salebius.. - Salebius octodentatus Salebius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Cryptophagidae (Silken Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Cryptophaginae
Tribe Cryptophagini
Genus Salebius
Explanation of Names
Salebius Casey 1900
Numbers
5 spp.(1) (Dajoz's spp. need revision and are likely synonyms. -- R.A.B. Leschen, pers. comm. to =v=, 2/20/2010)
Identification
trilobate/triundulate pronotal margin diagnostic(1)
Range
BC to CA(1), but actually ranges east at least into NM (see images in the guide)
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.