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Review of the Nearctic Salpinginae (Coleoptera: Salpingidae)

By Johnston M.A., Pollock D.A.
Col. Bull. 79: 111‒124, 2025

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Contributed by v belov on 18 April, 2025 - 2:01pm

Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina

By Janet C. Ciegler
Clemson University, 2014

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This study of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea continues efforts to document the biodiversity of South Carolina. Twenty tenebrionoid families (excluding Ciidae and Scraptiidae) are covered: Aderidae, Anthicidae, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Ischaliidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Oedemeridae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, and Zopheridae.

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Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 December, 2014 - 8:23pm

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae

By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 179: 243-256, 2012

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Contributed by v belov on 28 January, 2013 - 5:41pm

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae

By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I., Bouchard P., Bousquet Y.
Zookeys 179: 257-277, 2012

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Contributed by v belov on 28 January, 2013 - 5:39pm

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae

By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 179: 215-242, 2012

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Contributed by v belov on 28 January, 2013 - 5:38pm

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Myceteridae, Boridae, Pythidae...

By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 179: 279-307, 2012

Full title: New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Myceteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, Anthicidae, and Aderidae.
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Contributed by v belov on 28 January, 2013 - 5:38pm

The Anthicidae and Ischaliidae of Atlantic Canada

By Majka C.G.
J. Acad. Ent. Soc. 7: 50-64, 2011

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Contributed by v belov on 21 May, 2011 - 1:30pm

False darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) and allies of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone

By Majka C.G., Pollock D.A.
NRC Research Press. Ottawa, Ontario, 2010

In: Assessment of Species Diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. Edited by: McAlpine D.F., and Smith I.M. NRC Research Press. Ottawa, Ontario. pp 453-463.
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The chapter treats Melandryidae, Tetratomidae, Scraptidae, and Synchroidae.

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Contributed by v belov on 3 December, 2010 - 12:41pm

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