Phaleria (beetle)

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Phaleria
Tenebrionidae - Phaleria bimaculata.JPG
Phaleria bimaculata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Tribe: Phaleriini
Genus: Phaleria
Latreille, 1802
Synonyms

Sepedonastes Gistel, 1856

Phaleria is a genus of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae.[1]

Species[]

These 19 species belong to the genus Phaleria:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

Description[]

These beetles are relatively small, usually reaching a length of 4–9 millimetres (0.16–0.35 in). They have an oval body and a mostly brown-yellow coloration.

Distribution[]

Phaleria species are widespread all around the world, with the exception of Australia, the Arctic and Antarctic.[6]

Bibliography[]

  • S. Schenkling: Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen aus Reitter's Fauna Germanica. K.G. Lutz' Verlag, Stuttgart 1917.
  • H. Freude, K. W. Harde, G. A. Lohse: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Bd. 8. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag in Elsevier, München 1966.
  • C. A. Triplehorn, L. E. Watrous: A Synopsis of the Genus Phaleria in the United States and Baja California (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). In: The Coleopterists Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 3 (Sep., 1979), pp. 275–295.
  • A. Aloia, I. Colombini, u.a.: Behavioural adaptations to zonal maintenance of five species of tenebrionids living along a Tyrrhenian sandy shore. In: Marine Biology (1999) 133: 473–487.
  • L. Cheng: Marine Insects. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Technical Report. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, 1976.
  • I. Colombini, M. A. Mateob, u.a.: On the role of Posidonia oceanica beach wrack for macroinvertebrates of a Tyrrhenian sandy shore. In: acta oecologica No. 35 (2009), 32–44.
  • C. Olabarria, M. Lastra, u.a.: Succession of macrofauna on macroalgal wrack of an exposed sandy beach: Effects of patch size and site. In: Marine Environmental Research No. 63 (2007) 19–40.
  • I. Colombini, A. Chaouti, u.a.: An assessment of sandy beach macroinvertebrates inhabiting the coastal fringe of the Oued Laou river catchment area (Northern Morocco). In: Du bassin versant vers la mer: Analyse multidisciplinaire pour une gestion durable. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique, Rabat, série générale, 2008, n°5, 81–91.
  • M. Lillig: A new species of the genus Phaleria Latreille, 1802 from Dhofar in Oman (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae). In: Zoology in the Middle East No. 51, 2010: 89–93.

References[]

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ "Phaleria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ "Browse Phaleria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ "Phaleria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ "Phaleria Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. ^ Fauna europaea
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