Nosoderma

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Nosoderma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Zopheridae
Subfamily: Zopherinae
Genus: Nosoderma
Solier, 1841
Species

28 species

Synonyms

Phloeodes
Noserus
Ageonoma
Noserodes
Sesaspis
Verodes

The genus Nosoderma includes 28 species of ironclad beetles from the Americas, including some common and widely-distributed species placed in the former genus Phloeodes.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ M. García-París, M. M. Coca-Abia & G. Parra-Olea (2006) Re-evaluation of the genera Phloeodes, Noserus and Nosoderma (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) with description of a new species of Nosoderma from northern México. Ann. soc. entomol. Fr. (n.s.), 2006, 42 (2) : 215-230.