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Genus Zorochros

Negatrius caurinus (Horn) - Zorochros caurinus Zorochros melsheimeri Zorochros caurinus Zorochros caurinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Negastriinae
Genus Zorochros
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Zorochrus; see (1)
Explanation of Names
Zorochros C.G. Thomson 1859
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, ~140 total(2)(1)
Size
~2 mm, the smallest members of the family
Range
nearly worldwide, but meagerly represented in the New World; in NA, widespread but mostly western(1)