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subgenus Metablapylis

Tenebrionidae 6-15-09 01 - Eleodes nigrina

CO darkling beetle, Coelocnemis sp. ? - Eleodes nigrina

Darkling beetle - Eleodes nigrina - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Tenebrioninae

Tribe Amphidorini

Genus Eleodes (Desert Stink Beetles)

No Taxon subgenus Metablapylis

Explanation of Names

Metablapylis Blaisdell 1909

Numbers

6 spp., all in our area(1)

Range

w Canada (BC) to Mexico(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.

Contributed by v belov on 23 December, 2013 - 10:40pm
Last updated 29 June, 2018 - 5:49pm

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