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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopherinae) » Phellopsini » Phellopsis

Genus Phellopsis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Conk ironclad beetle - Phellopsis obcordata Ironclad Beetle - Phellopsis porcata Phellopsis obcordata rock-like or dead beetle? - Phellopsis obcordata rock-like or dead beetle? - Phellopsis obcordata rock-like or dead beetle? - Phellopsis obcordata Beetle on large Conk mushroom @ TESC - Phellopsis porcata Phellopsis obcordata
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 Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Zopherinae (Ironclad Beetles)
Tribe Phellopsini
Genus Phellopsis
Explanation of Names
Phellopsis LeConte 1862
'bark-like'
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 6 total(1)
Identification
antennae 11-segmented; procoxal cavities slightly open(1)
Range
E.Asia and NA; in our area: P. obcordata NF‒MN and south along the Appalachians, P. porcata along the Pacific and the Rockies(1)
Habitat
old growth boreal forests
Food
Fungi associated with decaying trees; adults are surface feeders, larvae burrow into the substrate(1)
Remarks
Adults drop to the ground when disturbed, with appendages retracted(1)
Internet References
Genus page(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Phellopsis LeConte (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
Foley I.A., Ivie M.A. 2008. Zootaxa 1689: 1–28.
2.Lord N.P., Nearns E.H., Miller K.B. (2011-2013) Ironclad ID
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 27 March, 2006 - 4:49pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, McClarinJ, v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2024 - 4:58pm

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