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Polemius

Polemius is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are about 16 described species in Polemius.

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Polemius
Polemius repandus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Cantharidae
Tribe: Silini
Genus: Polemius
LeConte, 1851

Polemius is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are about 16 described species in Polemius.123

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Polemius:

  • Polemius arizonensis Schaeffer, 1908
  • Polemius binotatus Fall, 1907
  • Polemius canadensis Brown, 1940
  • Polemius crassicornis Wickham, 1914
  • Polemius hispaniolae Leng & Mutchler
  • Polemius languidus Horn, 1894
  • Polemius laticornis (Say, 1825)
  • Polemius limbatus LeConte, 1851
  • Polemius niger Schaeffer, 1908
  • Polemius princeps LeConte, 1885
  • Polemius regularis Fall, 1907
  • Polemius repandus LeConte, 1866
  • Polemius strenuus LeConte, 1885
  • Polemius suturalis Blatchley, 1928
  • Polemius telephoroides (Schaeffer, 1909)
  • Polemius unisulcatus Wittmer
References

References

  1. "Polemius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Polemius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Media related to Polemius at Wikimedia Commons