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Species Zopherus nodulosus

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Zopherus nodulosus haldemani - Zopherus nodulosus

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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 Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)

Subfamily Zopherinae (Ironclad Beetles)

Tribe Zopherini

Genus Zopherus

Species nodulosus (Zopherus nodulosus)

Explanation of Names

Zopherus nodulosus Solier 1841

Numbers

2 sspp., one in our area(1)

Size

14.1-29.4 mm(1)

Range

s. TX to Mexico(1)

Works Cited

1.	A review of the genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Triplehorn C.A. 1972. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 108: 1‒24.

Contributed by Matthew Roth on 31 May, 2006 - 8:00am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 June, 2013 - 8:42am

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