Tribe Bolitophagini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Bolitotherus cornutus (Panzer) - Bolitotherus cornutus - male

Darkling beetle - Bolitotherus cornutus - female

Forked Fungus Beetle - Bolitotherus cornutus - male - female

Forked Fungus Beetles in Foreplay Stridulation Position - Bolitotherus cornutus - male - female

Fungus beetle ex artist's conk - Bolitotherus cornutus

Bolitotherus or Bolitophagus - Bolitophagus corticola

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 Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Tenebrioninae

Tribe Bolitophagini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly(1) treated as a subfamily (Bolitophaginae)

Explanation of Names

Bolitophagini Kirby 1837 nomen protectum

Numbers

9 spp. in 5 genera in our area, 21 genus worldwide(1)

Range

worldwide and throughout NA

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 v belov on 8 March, 2010 - 4:37pm
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 9:50am

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