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Genus Chelonarium

Chelonarium lecontei Thomson - Chelonarium lecontei

Ummmmm...A Beetle but what kind???? - Chelonarium lecontei

Trogoderma ID Req. - 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)

Genus Chelonarium

Explanation of Names

Chelonarium Fabricius 1801

Numbers

1-2 spp. in our area, ~200 total

Range

warmer parts of the world, more common in the Neotropics; in our area, se. US (VA-FL to OK-TX)(1)

Internet References

Overview(2)

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.	Lawrence J.F., et al. (2000-2005) Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification...

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 16 November, 2006 - 6:50am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 January, 2015 - 10:53pm

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