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Genus Hymenorus

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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 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. (Full text)
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 24 March, 2024 - 12:09am

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