Xanthochroa is a genus of false blister beetles in the family Oedemeridae. There are about seven described species of Xanthochroa.[1][2][3][4]
| Xanthochroa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Oedemeridae |
| Subfamily: | Nacerdinae |
| Genus: | Xanthochroa Schmidt, 1846 |
Species edit
These seven species belong to the genus Xanthochroa:[2][3][4]
- Xanthochroa californica Horn, 1874
- Xanthochroa centralis Horn, 1896
- Xanthochroa erythrocephala (Germar, 1824)
- Xanthochroa lateralis (Melsheimer, 1846)
- Xanthochroa marina Horn, 1896
- Xanthochroa testacea Horn, 1896
- Xanthochroa trinotata LeConte, 1866
References edit
- ^ "Xanthochroa Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ a b "Xanthochroa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ a b "Xanthochroa Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ a b "Browse Xanthochroa". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (1983). Family 119. Oedemeridae, The False Blister Beetles. Checklist of the Beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. Flora & Fauna Publications. ISBN 0-916846-19-9.
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Kriska, Nadine L. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 109. Oedemeridae Latreille 1810. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 514–519. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
- Kubisz, Daniel; Iwan, Dariusz; Tykarski, Piotr (2014). Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. ISBN 978-83-935107-9-5.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.