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Philolithus

Philolithus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about seven described species in the genus Philolithus.

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Philolithus
Philolithus elatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Tribe: Asidini
Genus: Philolithus
Lacordaire, 1858

Philolithus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about seven described species in the genus Philolithus.123

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Species

These seven species belong to the genus Philolithus:

  • Philolithus actuosus (Horn, 1870) b
  • Philolithus aeger b
  • Philolithus densicollis (Horn, 1894) g b
  • Philolithus elatus b
  • Philolithus morbillosus (LeConte, 1858) b
  • Philolithus opimus b
  • Philolithus sordidus b

Data sources: i = ITIS,4 c = Catalogue of Life,5 g = GBIF,1 b = Bugguide.net2

References

References

  1. "Philolithus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. "Philolithus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. "Philolithus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
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