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

Genus Pycnomerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Zopherid - Pycnomerus haematodes Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Pycnomerus sulcicollis beetle - Pycnomerus haematodes Unknown Beetle - Pycnomerus thrinax Unknown Beetle - Pycnomerus thrinax P. reflexus? - Pycnomerus reflexus - male - female P. reflexus? - Pycnomerus reflexus Beetle - Pycnomerus reflexus
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 Pycnomerini
Genus Pycnomerus
Explanation of Names
Pycnomerus Erichson 1842
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1), >70 spp. worldwide (many undescribed)(2)
Range
almost cosmopolitan(2); in our area, most of the US + ON (3 spp. eastern, 2 spp. in AZ only, 1 sp. in Florida Keys)(1)
Habitat
under bark of dead, rotting wood (hardwoods & pines), on rotting palm fronds; come to lights(1)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Lord N.P., Nearns E.H., Miller K.B. (2011-2013) Ironclad ID
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.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 2 November, 2007 - 6:32pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2024 - 4:46pm

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