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Genus Iliotona

Iliotona cacti (LeConte) - Iliotona cacti Iliotona cacti LeConte - Iliotona cacti Iliotona cacti (LeConte) - Iliotona cacti Iliotona cacti (LeConte) - Iliotona cacti Iliotona cacti (LeConte) - Iliotona cacti Iliotona cacti Beetle, dorsal - Iliotona cacti - male Beetle, ventral - Iliotona cacti - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Hololeptini
Genus Iliotona
Explanation of Names
Iliotona Carnochan 1917
Numbers
a single sp. in our area(1), 6 spp. total
Range
sw. US (TX-so.CA)(1) to Guatemala; West Indies
Habitat
associated with rotting cactus(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.