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Asida (beetle)

Asida is a large genus of darkling beetles. They have been located around western Europe, in particular near the Mediterranean Sea.

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Asida
Asida grisea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Asidini
Genus: Asida
Latreille, 18021 or 18042
Subgenera3
  • Asida (Asida)
  • Asida (Euryasida)
  • Asida (Globasida)
  • Asida (Globasida)
  • Asida (Gracilasida)
  • Asida (Granulasida)
  • Asida (Insulasida)
  • Asida (Peltasida)
  • Asida (Planasida)
  • Asida (Polasida)
  • Asida (Pseudoplanasida)
  • Asida (Rugasida)

Asida is a large genus of darkling beetles.456 They have been located around western Europe, in particular near the Mediterranean Sea.789

Subgenera

The genus is divided up into 12 subgenera which in turn contain a large number of species. There are also some species not yet specified to a subgenus.3

Split genera

An earlier version of this page claim the following as subgenera: Asida, Aaidopsis, Alphasida, Asida (subgenus), Dolichasida, Elongasida, Euryasida, Glabrasida, Globasida, Globasidd, Gracilasida, Granulasida, Insulasida, Leptasida, Opatrasida, Pelecyphorus, Peltasida, Planasida, Polasida, Pseudoplanasida, Rugasida, Steihasida, Trachasida.

Of these:

  • Alphasida is its own full genera and Alphasida (Elongasida), Alphasida (Glabrasida) are two of its subgenera.
References

References

  1. "Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail".
  2. "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on June 22, 2011.
  3. "Micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  4. "ION: Index to Organism Names". Archived from the original on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  5. "Namebank Record Detail".
  6. "Asida - Encyclopedia of Life".
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Fauna Europaea : Distribution : Display Table". Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  9. "Fauna Europaea : Map". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Due nuove Asida Latr. di Sardegna (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae).
  • Synopsis des Asidini d'Algerie et de Tunisie 2. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae).
  • Adiciones y correcciones ai "Ensayo sobre los Asida Latr., de Marruecos" (Col. Tenebrionidae).
  • Ensayo sobre las Asida Latr. de Marruecos (Col. Tenebr.).
  • Contribution a l'etude des Asida Latr. de France.
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