Genus Hymenorus

Hymenorus dissensus Casey - Hymenorus dissensus

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 Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)

Subtribe Alleculina

Genus Hymenorus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Genus needs revision(1)

Explanation of Names

Hymenorus Mulsant 1852

Numbers

~100 spp. in our area(1); by far the largest genus in its subfamily worldwide

Identification

Key to spp. in (2)

Range

much of the world, but by far most diverse in the Americas

Print References

McDonald J.M. (1960) Notes on the distribution of some species of Hymenorus (Alleculidae). Col. Bull. 14: 1‒4. (JSTOR)

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.	The North American Species of Hymenorus (Coleoptera: Alleculidae) Fall, H.C. 1931. Transactions of the American Entomological Society Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 161-247.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 November, 2005 - 7:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 10 October, 2024 - 5:36pm

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