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Nilio

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Nilio
In Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Nilioninae
Oken, 1843
Genus: Nilio
Latreille, 1802
Subgenera
  • Linio Bouchard & Bousquet, 2021
  • Micronilio Pic, 1936
  • Nilio Latreille, 1802

Nilio is a genus of false lady beetles found in the Neotropics. It is the only genus in the darkling beetle subfamily Nilioninae.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Nilio". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  2. ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
  3. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.