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Genus Cnopus

Aderid - Cnopus impressus Cnopus nucleus (Fall) - Cnopus nucleus Cnopus nucleus (Fall) - Cnopus nucleus ant-like something beetle - Cnopus Cnopus impressus (LeConte) - Cnopus impressus Aderid - Cnopus Aderid - Cnopus Cnopus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Aderini
Genus Cnopus
Explanation of Names
Cnopus Champion 1893
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1)
Range
small neotropical genus; in our area, one sp. in se. US, another in sw. US (AZ-CA)(1)
Remarks
sole member of the subtribe Cnopina Báguena 1948(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.