Genus Macratria

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Macratria brunnea? - Macratria undescribed

Antlike Flower Beetle - Macratria confusa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Anthicidae (Antlike Flower Beetles)

Subfamily Macratriinae

Genus Macratria

Explanation of Names

Macratria Newman 1838

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), >200 spp. worldwide(2)

Range

e. NA to TX-AZ(1) and worldwide in warmer climes(2)

Habitat

can be very common on riparian vegetation(1), fly to light traps(2)

Food

adults seem to be polyphagous(2)

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.	Telnov D. (2011) Anthicidae, Ant-like flower beetles (in The Tree of Life Web Project)

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 30 September, 2007 - 10:19pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 9:00am

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