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Genus Dromaeolus

larval exuviae deepen mystery - Dromaeolus badius

Free-flying False Click Beetle - Dromaeolus cylindricollis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)

Subfamily Macraulacinae

Tribe Macraulacini

Genus Dromaeolus

Explanation of Names

Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter 1858

Numbers

9 spp. in our area(1), over 200 total

Range

much of the world

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.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 15 March, 2007 - 3:35am
Additional contributions by Robert Otto, v belov
Last updated 22 July, 2021 - 1:54pm

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