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Genus Tanarthrus

Tanarthrus andrewsi Chandler - Tanarthrus andrewsi Tanarthrus andrewsi Chandler - Tanarthrus andrewsi Anthicidae - Tanarthrus salicola Tanarthrus sp. - Tanarthrus Tecopa 9 - Tanarthrus tartarus Tecopa 9 - Tanarthrus tartarus Tanarthrus brevipennis Tanarthrus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Anthicidae (Antlike Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Anthicinae
Genus Tanarthrus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Tanarthrus LeConte 1851
Numbers
15 spp. in our area(2)
Range
sw. US to CA and Mexico(2)
Habitat
saline mud flats or beaches(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of Tanarthrus LeConte with a presentation of its mid-Cenozoic speciation (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)
Chandler D.S. 1975. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 101: 319-354.
2.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.