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Litochropus-group

unknown beetle - Neolitochrus pulchellus Litochrus pulchellus - Neolitochrus pulchellus Neolitochrus pulchellus (LeConte) - Neolitochrus pulchellus Scymninae? - Neolitochrus pulchellus Scymninae? - Neolitochrus pulchellus Neolitochrus immaculatus - male Neolitochrus immaculatus - male Neolitochrus immaculatus - male
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 Litochropus-group
Numbers
2 genera, both in our area(1)
Range
primarily New World; a few spp. in Indo-Australian region(1)
Works Cited
1.Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Gimmel M. 2013. Zootaxa 3605: 1–147.