Oxynopterini

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Oxynopterini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Dendrometrinae
Tribe: Oxynopterini
Candèze, 1857

Oxynopterini is a tribe of click beetles in the subfamily Dendrometrinae. [1]

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Melanactes piceus

North American Genera

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

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References

  1. Robin Kundrata, Nicole L. Gunter, Dominika Janosikova & Ladislav Bocak (2018) Molecular evidence for the subfamilial status of Tetralobinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with comments on parallel evolution of some phenotypic characters. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 76: 137-145.
  2. "Oxynopterinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. "Oxynopterinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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