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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Hooded Beetles (Corylophidae) » Orthoperus

Genus Orthoperus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Minute Hooded Beetle - Orthoperus scutellaris Orthoperus brunneus, anterior, higher perspective - Orthoperus Orthoperus? - Orthoperus Phalacridae sp.? - Orthoperus minute hooded beetle - Orthoperus scutellaris Not expecting an id. Just curious what you guys´s opinions are on this - Orthoperus Beetle - Orthoperus Minute Hooded Beetle, Orthoperus?, maybe O. scutellaris? - Orthoperus
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 Corylophidae (Minute Hooded Beetles)
Genus Orthoperus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eutrilia Casey 1900
Explanation of Names
Orthoperus Stephens 1829
Numbers
16 spp. in our area(1), 11 in Europe... ~30 total
Range
cosmopolitan(2), incl. most of NA(1)
Remarks
the sole member of the tribe Orthoperini Jacquelin du Val 1857(2)
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.Phylogeny and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with descriptions of new genera and larvae
Ślipiński A., Tomaszewska W., Lawrence J.F. 2009. Systematic Entomology 34: 409–433.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 10 May, 2006 - 4:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 July, 2024 - 5:48am

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