Heterocerus unicus is a species in the family Heteroceridae ("variegated mud-loving beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] The distribution range of Heterocerus unicus includes Central America and North America.[2]
Heterocerus unicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Heteroceridae |
Genus: | Heterocerus |
Species: | H. unicus
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Binomial name | |
Heterocerus unicus Miller, 1988
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References
edit- ^ "Heterocerus unicus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ a b "Heterocerus unicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Heterocerus unicus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Miller, W. V. (1988). "Two new species of Heterocerus from North America, with notes on related species (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 4, 313–320.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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