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Genus Axylophilus

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 Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Phytobaenini

Genus Axylophilus

Explanation of Names

Axylophilus Casey 1895

Numbers

2 spp. in our area (1)

Range

southmost TX (Cameron Co.), FL - Map (1)(2)

Life Cycle

adults of FL endemic sp., Axylophilus yucca Casey, taken on Yucca. (1)

Print References

Werner, F.G. 1990. Revision of the Aderidae of eastern North America. Journal of the New York Entomological. Society 98: 187–232.

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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 November, 2010 - 6:33pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 April, 2019 - 5:49pm

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