Genus Eurypogon

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Eurypogon harrisii or niger? - Eurypogon niger

Soft-bodied Plant Beetle - Eurypogon niger

Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Eurypogon niger

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Artematopodidae (Soft-bodied Plant Beetles)

Genus Eurypogon

Explanation of Names

Eurypogon Motschulsky 1859

Numbers

3 spp. in our area (one sp. recently moved to Brevipogon)(1)(2), several in Eurasia

Range

holarctic; in our area, 2 eastern spp. (QC-VA to MI-KS) + one in CA(1)

Remarks

Characters used by Brown (1944) to differentiate E. harrisii and E. niger were essentially reversed by Downie and Arnett (1996)(3)(4)

Print References

Brown, W.J. 1944. Some new and poorly known species of Coleoptera, II. The Canadian Entomologist 76(1): 4–10.

Hinson, K.R. and R.J. Buss. 2015. New state records and identification of North American Eurypogon Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae), with a lectotype designation for Eurypogon niger (Melsheimer). The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(4): 768-772. (4)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Brevipogon, a new genus of North American Artematopodidae (Coleoptera), with a key to world genera Lawrence J.F. 2005. Col. Bull. 59: 223-236.

3.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

4.	New state records and ID of N. Amer. Eurypogon Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae), w/ lectotype designation for E. niger. Hinson, K.R. and R.J. Buss. 2015. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(4): 768-772.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 July, 2007 - 7:14am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 April, 2021 - 6:02pm

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