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Tribe Hypophlaeini

Corticeus parallelus beetle found under pine bark - Corticeus parallelus Corticeus parallelus Corticeus praetermissus Corticeus thoracicus small beetle - Corticeus glaber Beetle with mites, dorsal - Corticeus praetermissus Corticeus tenuis
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 Diaperinae
Tribe Hypophlaeini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as subfamily Hypophloeinae(1)
Explanation of Names
Hypophlaeini Billberg 1820
Numbers
A single genus with 13 species in our area, 6 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
subcylindrical body is quite diagnostic in our area
Range
throughout NA(2)
Habitat
under bark and in rotten wood, some in bark beetle galleries
Works Cited
1.Synoptic classification of the World Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family group names
Bouchard, P., J. F. Lawrence, A. E. Davies, & A. F. Newton. 2005. Annales Zoologici 55(4): 499–530.
2.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 - 4:49pm
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 11:11am

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