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Genus Philothermus

Representative Images

2.1mm unknown family - Philothermus glabriculus Minute Bark Beetle - Philothermus glabriculus Philothermus glabriculus beetle - Philothermus glabriculus Unknown Beetle - Philothermus glabriculus minute bark beetle - Philothermus glabriculus Philothermus? - Philothermus tiny beetle - Philothermus glabriculus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Bothriderid group)
Family Cerylonidae (Minute Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Ceryloninae
Genus Philothermus

Explanation of Names

Philothermus Aubé 1843

Numbers

the largest genus in the family, with 5 spp. in our area, >150 worldwide (mostly undescribed)(1)

Identification

key to spp. in(1)

Range

in NA: P. glabriculus e. US, P. puberulus FL-GA, P. floridensis n.FL, P. occidentalis CA, P. stephani NC/TN (GSMNP)(1)