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Tribe Nacerdini

Representative Images

Longhorn beetle? - Xanthochroa lateralis BG2348 E7612 - Xanthochroa lateralis Xanthocroa testacea - Xanthochroa testacea Pennsylvania Beetle  - Nacerdes melanura Pennsylvania Beetle  - Nacerdes melanura Nacerdes melanura - Wharf Borer? - Nacerdes melanura Nacerdes melanura - Wharf Borer? - Nacerdes melanura Nacerdes melanura - Wharf Borer - Nacerdes melanura

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 Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Oedemerinae
Tribe Nacerdini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nacerdinae

Explanation of Names

Nacerdini Mulsant 1858

Numbers

7 spp. in 2 genera north of Mexico(1), at least 4 genera total

Range

worldwide and throughout NA(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.