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Genus Mycetochara

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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 Mycetocharina
Genus Mycetochara
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
reviewed in (1)
Explanation of Names
Mycetochara Berthold 1827
Numbers
12 spp. in our area(2), >40 total(3)
Identification
key to species in (1)
Range
across the US & so. Canada(4); probably a holarctic genus
Remarks
not yet in guide:
M. basillaris (Say 1824) [species oblita? PA]
M. lata Hatch 1965 [OR]
M. perplexata Marshall 1970 [=marshalli Campbell; CA]
M. pubipennis (LeConte 1878) [CA]
Works Cited
1.A review of the North American species of Mycetochara Berthold (Coleoptera: Alleculidae)
Campbell, J.M. 1978. The Canadian Entomologist.
2.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
3.BioLib.cz
4.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 Jim McClarin on 4 January, 2006 - 5:12am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 25 March, 2024 - 4:19pm

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