Biology:Silinae
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Short description: Subfamily of beetles
| Silinae | |
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| Ditemnus bidentatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Subfamily: | Silinae Mulsant, 1862 |
Silinae is a subfamily of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are about 6 genera and more than 180 described species in Silinae.[1][2][3]
Genera
These six genera belong to the subfamily Silinae:
- Discodon Gorham, 1881
- Ditemnus LeConte, 1861
- Plectonotum Gorham, 1891
- Polemius LeConte, 1851
- Silis Charpentier, 1825
- Tytthonyx LeConte, 1851
References
- ↑ "Silinae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=678588. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Silinae subfamily Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/312206. 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. PMID 21594053. PMC 3088472. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001.
Further reading
- Pelletier, G.; Hébert, C. (2014). "The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 25: 1–246. doi:10.3752/cjai.2014.25.
- Ramsdale, Alistair S. (2002). "Family 64: Cantharidae". American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 202–218. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1946573 entry
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