''Heterocerus unicus'' is a species in the family
Heteroceridae
Heteroceridae, the variegated mud-loving beetles, are a widespread and relatively common family of beetles found on every continent except for Antarctica.
Around two hundred and fifty species of heterocerids are known to occur worldwide. They a ...
("variegated mud-loving beetles"), in the order
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
("beetles").
The distribution range of ''Heterocerus unicus'' includes Central America and North America.
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References
Further reading
* Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
* Miller, W. V. (1988). "Two new species of Heterocerus from North America, with notes on related species (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae)". ''The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 4'', 313–320.
* Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.
* Ross H. Arnett. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Heterocerus unicus''
Byrrhoidea
Beetles described in 1988
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