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Genus Stricticomus

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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 Anthicidae (Antlike Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Anthicinae
Genus Stricticomus
Explanation of Names
Stricticomus Pic 1894(1)
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area(2)
Range
cosmopolitan genus(3); our sp. native to the Old World; now across NA(2)
Works Cited
1.Nomenclatural notes on the Palaearctic Anthicidae (Coleoptera)
Chandler D.S., Nardi G., Telnov D. 2004. Mitt. internat. entomol. Ver. 29: 109-173.
2.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.
3.Telnov D. (2011) Anthicidae, Ant-like flower beetles (in The Tree of Life Web Project)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 July, 2006 - 8:25am
Additional contributions by Don Chandler, v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2022 - 12:54pm

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