Monotominae
| Monotominae | |
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| Monotoma bicolor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Monotomidae |
| Subfamily: | Monotominae Laporte, 1840 |
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Monotominae is a subfamily of root-eating beetles in the family Monotomidae. There are about 10 genera and more than 80 described species in Monotominae.[1][2][3]
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Genera
[edit]These 10 genera belong to the subfamily Monotominae:
- Aneurops Sharp, 1900
- Bactridium LeConte, 1861
- Europs Wollaston, 1854
- Hesperobaenus LeConte, 1861
- Leptipsius Casey, 1916
- Macreurops Casey, 1916
- Monotoma Herbst, 1793
- Phyconomus LeConte, 1861
- Pycnotomina Casey, 1916
- Thione Sharp, 1899
References
[edit]- ^ "Monotominae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Monotominae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Further reading
[edit]- Bousquet, Yves (2002). "Family 79: Monotomidae Laporte, 1840". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 319–321. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
External links
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