Litochropus, Casey, 1890

Gimmel, Matthew L., 2013, <strong> Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) </ strong>, Zootaxa 3605 (1), pp. 1-147 : 92

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3605.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:19CFDC67-4FCB-431D-8BF2-80EEB9EC76A4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10539889

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C75C266-1072-2811-2286-FC7E7DEBCCFF

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scientific name

Litochropus
status

 

LITOCHROPUS -GROUP

Diagnosis. This group may be recognized by the head not constricted behind eyes, small scutellar shield, absence of a protibial ctenidium, metatarsomere I as long as or longer than metatarsomere II, and the metaventral lines separated from coxal cavities.

Distribution and diversity. Eleven species, occurring primarily in the New World, but with a few species known from the Indo-Australian region.

Included genera (2). Litochropus Casey , Neolitochrus Gimmel.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Phalacridae

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