Monotoma picipes

Species of beetle

Monotoma picipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Monotomidae
Genus: Monotoma
Species:
M. picipes
Binomial name
Monotoma picipes
Herbst, 1793
Synonyms[1]
  • Monotoma famelica Casey, 1916
  • Monotoma fulvipennis Motschulsky, 1868
  • Monotoma fulvipes Melsheimer, 1844
  • Monotoma obsolescens Casey, 1916
  • Monotoma quadraria Casey, 1916

Monotoma picipes is a species of root-eating beetle in the family Monotomidae. It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean Sea, Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, and Southern Asia.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Monotoma picipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Monotoma picipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • Bousquet, Yves; Laplante, Serge (1999). "Taxonomic review of the Canadian species of the genus Monotoma Herbst (Coleoptera: Monotomidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 130: 67–96. ISSN 0071-0768.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
  • Media related to Monotoma picipes at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Monotoma picipes


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