A Canifa sp. at Andelot Farm, Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Determined by v belov/BugGuide. New family added to MBP during the Andelot Farm Bioblitz.
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Ashley Bradford
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A Canifa sp. at Andelot Farm, Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014).
Photo by
Ashley Bradford
MBP List
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2 Records
Status
BugGuide (2014) considers the genus widespread. Four species are listed, but they note that revision is needed.
Citations
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A Canifa sp. at Andelot Farm, Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Determined by v belov/BugGuide. New family added to MBP during the Andelot Farm Bioblitz.
Media by
Ashley Bradford.
A Canifa sp. at Andelot Farm, Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014).
Media by
Ashley Bradford.
Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Scraptiidae |
| Subfamily: | Scraptiinae |
| Tribe: | Scraptiini |
| Genus: | Canifa LeConte, 1866 |
Canifa is a genus of false flower beetles in the family Scraptiidae. There are at least four described species in Canifa.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These four species belong to the genus Canifa:
- Canifa pallipennis LeConte, 1878
- Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer, 1846)
- Canifa plagiata (Melsheimer, 1846)
- Canifa pusilla (Haldeman, 1848)
References
[edit]- ^ "Canifa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Canifa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Canifa genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
External links
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