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subgenus Rhizophagus

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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 Cucujoidea
Family Monotomidae (Minute Clubbed Beetles)
Genus Rhizophagus
No Taxon subgenus Rhizophagus
Numbers
11 spp. in our area, ~40 spp. total(1)
Range
holarctic (south to n. India)(1)
Works Cited
1.A review of the North American species of Rhizophagus Herbst and a revision of the Nearctic members of the subgenus Anomophagus
Bousquet Y. 1990. Can. Entomol. 122: 131-171.
Contributed by v belov on 9 March, 2012 - 6:05pm

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