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Genus Vitellius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)
Subfamily Eucneminae
Tribe Mesogenini
Genus Vitellius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Bonvouloir 1871
Numbers
A world-wide group with approximately 14 species, seven of which are new and undescribed. Greatest diversity are found in the Neotropical region. 1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
Length 4.6 mm.; width 1.7 mm. (Knull 1957)
Identification
See Knull (1957)
Range
Hidalgo and Cameron counties of southmost Texas / Mexico (E.G. Riley, pers. comm., 2010)
Habitat
Largely found in wooded areas.
Season
Early March to early April.
Food
Unknown.
Life Cycle
Unknown.
Print References
Bonvouloir, H. de. 1870-1875. Monographie de la famille des Eucnemidae. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., ser. 4, 10: 1-907, 42 pls.
Knull, J. 1957. A New Species of Vitellius From The United States (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). The Ohio Journal of Science 57(1): 9-10. Full Text
Muona, J. 2000. A Revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 212: 106 pp.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 August, 2010 - 7:56pm
Additional contributions by Robert Otto
Last updated 19 March, 2011 - 7:32pm

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