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Genus Philothermus

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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 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)
Works Cited
1.A new species of the genus Philothermus Aubé (Coleoptera: Cerylonidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A
Gimmel M.L., Ślipiński A. 2007. Zootaxa 1390: 17–20.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 16 February, 2006 - 5:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 16 April, 2019 - 7:23pm

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