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Subfamily Prometopinae

Prometopia sexmaculata Sap-feeding Beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata Histerid? - Prometopia sexmaculata Nitidulid - Prometopia sexmaculata Nitidulidae - Prometopia sexmaculata Prometopia sexmaculata Prometopia sexmaculata Flat, brown and black beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Prometopinae
Explanation of Names
Prometopinae Böving & Craighead 1931
Numbers
a single genus in our area, 8 genera total(1)
Range
pantropical (a few spp. range into the north temperate zone), by far more diverse in the Oriental Region(1); in our area, eastern
Works Cited
1.Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification...
Cline A.R., Smith T.R., Miller K., Moulton M., Whiting M., Audisio P. 2014. Systematic Entomology 39: 758–772.