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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Orthocis
Genus
Orthocis
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
Ciidae (Minute Tree-fungus Beetles)
Subfamily
Ciinae
Tribe
Ciini
Genus
Orthocis
Explanation of Names
Orthocis
Casey 1898
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, ~70 spp. worldwide
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1
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Identification
key to spp. in
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1
)
Range
worldwide and across NA; in our area, more diverse in se. US
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1
)
Works Cited
1.
Revision of the North American Ciidae (Coleoptera)
Lawrence J.F. 1971. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 142: 419-522.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 16 March, 2007 - 6:47am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 26 January, 2013 - 6:19pm