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Psiloscelis

Psiloscelis is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 8 described species in Psiloscelis.

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Psiloscelis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Histeridae
Tribe: Histerini
Genus: Psiloscelis
Marseul, 1853

Psiloscelis is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 8 described species in Psiloscelis.123

Species

References

References

  1. "Psiloscelis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  2. "Psiloscelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. "Psiloscelis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.