Scuromanius
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''Scuromanius'' is a genus of
beetles 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 ...
in the family
Mauroniscidae Mauroniscidae is a family of cleroid beetles, formerly included in the family Melyridae. There are presently five or six genera and roughly 30 described species in Mauroniscidae, all of which are native to the Americas. Almost nothing is known a ...
, historically included in the family Melyridae. The six known species of this genus are found in
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from
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north to
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in
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.Majer, K. 1995. Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.


Species

* '' Scuromanius anemonia'' Majer, 1995 * '' Scuromanius facetus'' (Casey, 1895) * '' Scuromanius ferrugineus'' Majer, 1995 * '' Scuromanius liebecki'' (Blaisdell, 1929) * '' Scuromanius testaceipes'' (Champion, 1914) * '' Scuromanius wickhami'' Majer, 1995


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18606467 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera