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Genus Acylomus

Phalacridae, Acylomus - Acylomus small beetle - Acylomus ergoti LRB - Acylomus Phalacridae - Acylomus - female ? - Acylomus Unknown Beetle perhaps Phalacridae - Acylomus Phalacridae - Shining Flower Beetle - Acylomus Acylomus undescribed - Acylomus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Phalacridae (Shining Flower Beetles)
No Taxon (Stilbus-group)
Genus Acylomus
Explanation of Names
Acylomus Sharp 1888
Numbers
20 spp. in our area(1), 94 described & many undescribed spp. worldwide; will likely become the most species-rich phalacrid genus(2)
Size
1.3–3.5 mm(3)
Range
well represented in tropical/subtropical regions worldwide and in e. North America, but absent over much of the Palaearctic region(2)
Internet References
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.
2.Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Gimmel M. 2013. Zootaxa 3605: 1–147.
3.Gimmel M. 2012. Phalacridae (Coleoptera) taxonomic database [temporary name]