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Species Ulomoides ocularis

Ulomoides ocularis (Casey) - Ulomoides ocularis
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 Diaperini
Subtribe Diaperina
Genus Ulomoides
Species ocularis (Ulomoides ocularis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Palembus ocularis Casey 1891
Range
pantropical(1); in our area, FL(2): adventive, probably from India where Tamarind is native (W. Steiner, pers. comm. to =v=)
Food
stored maize, oats, wheat, fishmeal, yeasts, fruits, and okra(1); specialized feeder in fallen tamarind pods around the Caribbean (W. Steiner, pers. comm. to =v=)
Remarks
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
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 20 May, 2010 - 3:56pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 27 December, 2010 - 9:49am

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