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Mezium americanum (Laporte, 1840)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Ptinidae
genus
Mezium
species
Mezium americanum

Name

Synonyms
Gibbium americanum Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Gibbium nitidipenne Germar, 1855
Gibbium sulcicolle Brullé, 1838
Mezium americanum (Castelnau, 1840)
Mezium arachnoides Desbrochers des Loges, 1875
Homonyms
Mezium americanum (Laporte, 1840)
Mezium americanum (Castelnau, 1840)
Common names
American Spider Beetle in English
Black Spider Beetle in English
Spider beetle in English
american black spider beetle in English
american black spider beetle in English
美洲蛛甲 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Nishida (2002), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/tr22.pdf
  2. Nishida, Gordon, M., ed., 1997: null. Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist, Third Edition. iv + 263.
  3. Papp, C. S., 1962: An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the Ptinidae of North Amerika. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, N. F., vol. 9, no. 5. 367-423.
  4. Papp, Charles S., 1960: On the ptinid genus Mezium Curtis (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol. 62, no. 1. 57-58.
  5. Philips, T. Keith / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds., 2002: Family 70. Anobiidae Fleming 1821. American Beetles, vol. 2 Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 245-260.
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