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subgenus Melanophthalma

Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Melanophthalma

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Coccinellid group)

Family Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)

Subfamily Corticariinae

Genus Melanophthalma

No Taxon subgenus Melanophthalma

Numbers

11 spp. in our area(1), ~120 worldwide(2)

Identification

see genus page

Range

widespread(1)

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.	Rücker W.H. (1998-2014) Latridiidae & Merophysiinae

Contributed by v belov on 18 March, 2011 - 11:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Charlene Wood
Last updated 20 March, 2013 - 6:14pm

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