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Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Sunday WaterHauler - Megetra vittata Tiny Beetle - Anisoxya glaucula Stenomorpha mckittricki (Pierce, 1954) - Stenomorpha mckittricki - male Tarpela micans Velvety Bark Beetle - Penthe pimelia  Lytta deserticola ? - Lytta deserticola Nemognatha piazata? - Nemognatha piazata Beetle - Alobates pensylvanicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Numbers
23 families in our area, 28 total(1)
Identification
In underside view, hind trochanters almost always oblique and triangular, usually small, not fully separating hind femora from coxae; slightly enlarged in Aderidae but still of the same shape and position and barely separating the femur from the coxae in Ciidae.
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
2.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.