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Genus Encyclops

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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 Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Encyclopini
Genus Encyclops
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microrhabdium Kraatz 1879
Explanation of Names
Encyclops Newman 1838
Numbers
2 spp. in the New World, both in our area; 10 spp. total(1)(2)
Range
holarctic, mostly E Asia(2); in our area, one sp. eastern, another OR‒CA(3)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere
Bezark L.G., Monné M.A. 2013. 470 pp.
2.Bezark L.G. (-2023) A photographic catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World
3.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 23 May, 2010 - 6:28pm
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 11:54am

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