Genus Omosita

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

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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 (Nitidulid series)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Subfamily Nitidulinae

Tribe Nitidulini

No Taxon (Nitidula complex)

Genus Omosita

Explanation of Names

Omosita Erichson 1843

Numbers

2-3 spp. in our area(1)(2), perhaps a dozen total

Range

worldwide (some spp. spread with commerce)

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.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 17 November, 2005 - 8:07pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 May, 2015 - 11:46am

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