Aplocnemus

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Aplocnemus
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Aplocnemus species
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Rhadalidae
Genus: Aplocnemus
Stephens, 1830
Synonyms
  • Elicopis Stephens, 1829 (Unav.)
  • Haplocnemus Agassiz, 1846 (Emend.)
  • Helicopis Agassiz, 1846 (Emend.)
  • Pseudaphyctus Pic, 1896

Aplocnemus is an uncommon genus of beetles native to Europe and the British isles belonging to the family Rhadalidae, [1] and formerly in the Melyridae. [2]

Species

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References

  1. Gimmel M.L., Bocakova M., Gunter N.L., Leschen R.A.B. (2019) Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology 44: 527-558.
  2. Biolib