Pelecotoma

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Ripiphoridae
Subfamilia: Pelecotominae
Genus: Pelecotoma
Species: P. fennica – P. flavipes – P. septentrionalis
Name

Pelecotoma Fischer von Waldheim, 1809
References

Švácha, P. 1994: Bionomics, behaviour and immature stages of Pelecotoma fennica (Paykull) (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae). Journal of natural history, 28: 585–618. DOI: 10.1080/00222939400770271

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Pelecotoma is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least three described species in Pelecotoma.[1][2][3]
Species

These three species belong to the genus Pelecotoma:

Pelecotoma fennica (Paykull, 1799)
Pelecotoma flavipes Melsheimer, 1846
Pelecotoma septentrionalis Kono, 1936

References

"Pelecotoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Pelecotoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

"Pelecotoma genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

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.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.