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Genus Mallodon

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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 Prioninae
Tribe Mallodonini
Genus Mallodon
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
until recently, treated as a subgenus of Stenodontes(1)
Explanation of Names
Mallodon Lacordaire 1830
Numbers
A single species in our area, 5 spp. in the New World(2)
Identification
Antennal tubercles at the base of the antennae acute; mandibles nearly horizontal, prolonged in male, more or less carinate above, most bidentate and pubescent internally
Range
so. US (north to VA-OK-AZ) to Argentina(3)(2)
Works Cited
1.Thomas M.C., Hill S., Morris R.F., Nearns G. () The Cerambycidae of Florida
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
3.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 June, 2004 - 10:33am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 25 July, 2021 - 2:07am

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