Genus Malporus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Antlike Flower Beetle - Malporus formicarius

Malporus cinctus (Say) - Malporus cinctus

Anthicidae, lateral - Malporus formicarius

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 Malporus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised by Chandler (1997)(1)

Explanation of Names

Malporus Casey 1895

Numbers

4 spp. in our area, 5 total(2)

Range

3 eastern ssp., one in AZ & Mexico, and one in Japan(1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the Genus Malporus Casey (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Anthicinae) Donald S. Chandler. 1997. The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 265-275.

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.

Contributed by tom murray on 6 April, 2006 - 11:11pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 March, 2024 - 5:43pm

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