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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopherinae) » Zopherini » Zopherus » Zopherus elegans

Species Zopherus elegans

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Zopherus elegans Ironclad Beetle - Zopherus elegans Another one for NM - Zopherus elegans
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 elegans (Zopherus elegans)
Explanation of Names
Zopherus elegans Horn 1870
Size
15-21 mm(1)
Range
sw US (AZ-NM-CO-UT) - Map (1)(2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Canyon de Chelly, Apache Co., AZ
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1870. Revision of the Tenebrionidae of America, north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 14: 253-404.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 27 March, 2012 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 October, 2021 - 4:02pm

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