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Phalacrus-group

Phalacridae - Phalacrus Phalacrus sp. - Phalacrus Tiny Beetle - Phalacrus Tiny Beetle - Phalacrus Shining Flower Beetles - Phalacrus - male Shining Flower Beetles - Phalacrus - male Shining Leaf Beetle - Phalacrus ID request Is this Phalacrus politus? (Phalacridae; Coleoptera) - Phalacrus
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 Cucujoidea (Sap, Bark and Fungus Beetles)
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Phalacridae (Shining Flower Beetles)
No Taxon Phalacrus-group
Numbers
2 genera, both represented in our area(1)
Range
cosmopolitan(1)
Works Cited
1.Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Gimmel M. 2013. Zootaxa 3605: 1–147.