Nosoderma

"Phloeodes" redirects here. This can also be a misspelling of Phlaeodes, nowadays a junior synonym of the tortrix moth genus Epinotia.
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]

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.
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