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Genus Pennasolis

Pennasolis merkeli (Horn) - Pennasolis merkeli

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 Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Subfamily Epiphloeinae

Genus Pennasolis

Explanation of Names

Pennasolis Opitz 2008(1)

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1), 3 spp. total (Jacques Rifkind, pers.comm. to =v=)

Range

sw. US & Mexico

Works Cited

1.	Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VII. The genera Hapsidopteris... Opitz W. 2008. Zootaxa 1754: 1–40.

Contributed by v belov on 1 April, 2013 - 2:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 January, 2019 - 2:59pm

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