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Family Chelonariidae - Turtle Beetles

Beetle 07.01.2009 017 - Chelonarium lecontei Chelonarium lecontei Thomson - Chelonarium lecontei Turtle Beetle - Chelonarium lecontei Beetle - Chelonarium lecontei Turtle Beetle - Chelonarium lecontei Beetle - Chelonarium lecontei Chelonarium - Chelonarium lecontei Chelonarium - Chelonarium lecontei
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Chelonariidae (Turtle Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Chelonariidae Blanchard 1845
Numbers
A single species in our area(1), 250 spp. in 3 genera total(2)
Size
2.5-10 mm(1)
Range
Chelonarium throughout the warmer parts of the world, most diverse in the Neotropics; other genera Oriental & Australasian(1)
Remarks
Occasionally at lights
Print References
(3)
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.Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.
3.Water Beetles of South Carolina
Janet Ciegler. 2003. Clemson University.
4.Lawrence J.F., et al. (2000-2005) Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification...