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Prometopia

Prometopia is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about five described species in Prometopia.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Nitidulidae
Subfamily: Prometopinae
Genus: Prometopia
Erichson, 1843

Prometopia is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about five described species in Prometopia.123

Species

These five species belong to the genus Prometopia:

  • Prometopia bidentata Schaeffer, 1909
  • Prometopia depilis Scudder, 1877
  • Prometopia quadrimaculata Motschulsky, 1863
  • Prometopia sexmaculata (Say, 1825)
  • Prometopia unidentata Hisamatsu, 1959
References

References

  1. "Prometopia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Prometopia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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