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Microschatia

Microschatia is a genus of beetles native to the drylands of southwestern North America.

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Microschatia
Microschatia morata
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: Microschatia
Solier, 1836

Microschatia is a genus of beetles native to the drylands of southwestern North America.12

Taxonomy

Microschatia contains the following species:

  • Microschatia inaequalis1
  • Microschatia impar1
  • Microschatia polita1
  • Microschatia rockefelleri1
  • Microschatia robusta1
  • Microschatia punctata1
  • Microschatia morata1
  • Microschatia championi1
  • Microschatia cedrosensis1
  • Microschatia araneoides1
  • Microschatia diversa1
  • Microschatia planata1
  • Microschatia solieri1
  • Microschatia sulcipennis1
  • Microschatia costulata1
References

References

  1. "Genus Microschatia". iNaturalist. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  2. Brown, K. W.; Doyen, J. T. (1991). "Review of the Genus Microschatia (Solier) (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 99 (4): 539–582. ISSN 0028-7199.