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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Tytthonyxini Soldier Beetles
Tribe Tytthonyxini

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)

-Click, Firefly, and Soldier Beetles (Superfamily Elateroidea)

-​Soldier Beetles (Family Cantharidae)

-​Subfamily Silinae

-Tribe Tytthonyxini​

-Genus Tytthonyx


Tytthonyx is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. These beetles are usually found in warm, temperate to tropical regions and, like many cantharids, are thought to play ecological roles as both pollinators and predators. Adults are often seen on flowers, where they feed on nectar and pollen, while their larvae are likely ground-dwelling predators of small invertebrates.

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