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Genus Hybosorus

Hybosorus illigeri Reiche - Hybosorus illigeri

Hybosorus illigeri? - Hybosorus illigeri

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Hybosoridae (Scavenger Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Hybosorinae (Scavenger Scarab Beetles)

Genus Hybosorus

Explanation of Names

Hybosorus MacLeay 1819

Numbers

One (adventive) species in the New World, 5 spp. total(1)

Range

Old World: 4 Afrotropical spp. and one widespread (so. Europe, sw. Asia, Africa), introduced into the New World and spreading throughout so. US(1)

Internet References

Kuijten P.J. (1983) Revision of the genus Hybosorus Macleay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hybosorinae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 203: 3-49.

Works Cited

1.	Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 November, 2006 - 5:19am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 11 January, 2015 - 6:20pm

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