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subgenus Blapylis

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 Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Tenebrioninae

Tribe Amphidorini

Genus Eleodes (Desert Stink Beetles)

No Taxon subgenus Blapylis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

needs revision

Explanation of Names

Blapylis Horn 1870

Numbers

~50 spp., all in our area(1)

Range

w.NA (BC‒Baja to AB‒NM); over half of the spp. restricted to CA(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.

Contributed by v belov on 3 June, 2011 - 2:06pm
Last updated 10 February, 2024 - 12:55pm

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