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Genus Acropteroxys

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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 (Erotylid series)
Family Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Erotylinae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Languriini (Lizard Beetles)
Genus Acropteroxys
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genus misspelled Acropteryx at U. of Minnesota's Insects of Cedar Creek which hasn't been updated since May 2000
Explanation of Names
Acropteroxys Gorham 1887
acro 'pointed' + pteron 'wing'
Numbers
2 spp. in NA (one reaches Canada), 6 total(1)(2)
Size
6-12 mm(1)
Identification
body long and slender, mostly black with red markings on pronotum; apical 4 or 5 segments of antenna clubbed
Range
NA east of the Rockies (north to QC-ON) & Mexico(1)(2)
Habitat
wood edges, roadsides
Season
adults in spring and summer
Food
larvae bore into stems of various herbaceous plants
adults feed on pollen and leaves of herbaceous plants
Works Cited
1.A review of the North American Languriidae
Vaurie P. 1948. Bull. AMNH 92: 119‒156.
2.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.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 May, 2005 - 12:10am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 10 May, 2018 - 11:14am

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