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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Aderidae) » Aderini » Syzetoninina » Elonus » Elonus hesperus

Species Elonus hesperus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · 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 Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Aderini
Subtribe Syzetoninina
Genus Elonus
Species hesperus (Elonus hesperus)
Explanation of Names
Elonus hesperus Werner 1990
Range
sc US to AZ (MO-AL to se.AZ) / Mex. - Map (1)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.The Nearctic species of Elonus (Coleoptera: Aderidae)
Werner F.G. 1992. Psyche 1999(4): 245-264.
2.A review of North American Elonus species, with description of E. gruberi n. sp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae)
Gompel, N. 2017. Zootaxa 4338: 533–545.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 19 November, 2010 - 12:36pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 June, 2021 - 8:04pm

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