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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Antlike Flower Beetles (Anthicidae) » Anthicinae » Malporus

Genus Malporus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Anthicid - Malporus formicarius Malporus formicarius Anthicid - Malporus formicarius Malporus cinctus (Say) - Malporus cinctus Anthicid - Malporus formicarius Small brown and black beetle - Malporus cinctus Malporus formicarius? - Malporus formicarius Malporus formicarius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Anthicidae (Antlike Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Anthicinae
Genus Malporus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(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, 2015 - 8:53am

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