Suborder Archostemata - Reticulated and Telephone-pole Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

surprise at the lights - Tenomerga cinereus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Archostemata (Reticulated and Telephone-pole Beetles)

Numbers

Represented by only two families in North America;

Cupedidae - Reticulated Beetles [chapter 1 (1)]

Micromalthidae - Telephone-pole Beetles [chapter 2 (1)]

Print References

American Beetles, Vol. 1 (1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:05am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 23 January, 2008 - 9:27am

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