Zopherus xestus

Zopherus xestus is a species of ironclad beetle in the family Zopheridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Zopherus xestus
Zopherus xestus adult taken by Shawn Hanrahan at the Texas A&M University Insect Collection in College Station, Texas.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Zopheridae
Subfamily: Zopherinae
Genus: Zopherus
Species:
Z. xestus
Binomial name
Zopherus xestus
Triplehorn, 1972

References

  1. "Zopherus xestus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. "Zopherus xestus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. "Zopherus xestus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
  • Triplehorn, Charles A. (1972). "A Review of the Genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (108): 1–24. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.108. hdl:10088/5402.


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