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Mezium americanum  (Castelnau, 1840)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 187453

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderBostrichiformia Forbes, 1926  
                                        SuperfamilyBostrichoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyPtinidae Latreille, 1802 – spider beetles  
                                              GenusMezium Curtis, 1828  
                                                 SpeciesMezium americanum (Castelnau, 1840)  
       

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  Source: Hawaiian Arthropod Checklist Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: Hawaii Biological Survey-Bishop Museum Hawaiian Arthropods Checklist database: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/arthrosearch.html   
  Reference for: Mezium americanum   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Mezium americanum   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nishida, Gordon, M., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist, Third Edition   
  Page(s): iv + 263   
  Publisher: Bishop Museum   
  Publication Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1085-455X   
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  Reference for: Mezium americanum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Papp, C. S.  
  Publication Date: 1962   
  Article/Chapter Title: An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the Ptinidae of North Amerika   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, N. F., vol. 9, no. 5   
  Page(s): 367-423   
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  Reference for: Mezium americanum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Papp, Charles S.  
  Publication Date: 1960   
  Article/Chapter Title: On the ptinid genus Mezium Curtis (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol. 62, no. 1   
  Page(s): 57-58   
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  Reference for: Mezium americanum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Philips, T. Keith / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family 70. Anobiidae Fleming 1821   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Beetles, vol. 2 Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea   
  Page(s): 245-260   
  Publisher: CRC Press LLC   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8493-0954-9   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
 

 

    

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