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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » False Skin Beetles (Biphyllidae)

Family Biphyllidae - False Skin Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Diplocoelus rudis Anchorius lineatus? - Anchorius lineatus Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Diplocoelus Anchorius lineatus? - Anchorius lineatus been there? - Diplocoelus brunneus Anchorius lineatus? - Anchorius lineatus Anchorius lineatus? - Anchorius lineatus Unknown Cryptophagid - Diplocoelus rudis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Biphyllidae (False Skin Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diphyllidae
our fauna revised by Goodrich & Springer (1992)(1)
until recently treated in Cucujoidea
Explanation of Names
Biphyllidae LeConte 1861
Numbers
3 spp. in 2 genera in our area(2), ~200 spp. in 7 genera total(3)
Range
most spp. in the tropics; in our area, one genus is widespread in the eastern half of the continent, another in sw. US (AZ-CA)(2)
See Also
Works Cited
1.A revision of the family Biphyllidae (Coleoptera) for America, north of Mexico
Goodrich M.A., Springer C.A. 1992. Col. Bull. 46: 361-377.
2.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.
3.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.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 January, 2007 - 10:40am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 May, 2016 - 10:51am

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