Palorus
| Palorus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Palorus ratzeburgii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
| Tribe: | Palorini |
| Genus: | Mulsant, 1854 |
Palorus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 4 described species in Palorus.[1][2][3]
Species
- Palorus foveicollis Blair, 1930
- Palorus ratzeburgi (Wissmann, 1848)
- Palorus ratzeburgii (Wissmann, 1848) (small-eyed flour beetle)
- Palorus subdepressus (Wollaston, 1864) (depressed flour beetle)
References
- ^ "Palorus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Palorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Bousquet Y, Thomas DB, Bouchard P, Smith AD, Aalbu RL, Johnston AM, Steiner WE Jr (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
Further reading
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- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.