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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Variegated Mud-loving Beetles (Heteroceridae) » Augyles

Genus Augyles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Augyles compactus Fall - Augyles compactus Augyles compactus Fall - Augyles compactus Centuriatus auromicans - Augyles auromicans 5000741 Hetrocerid - Augyles auromicans Heteroceridae, dorsal - Augyles auromicans Heteroceridae, ventralX - Augyles auromicans Heterocerid - Augyles auromicans Heterocerid - Augyles auromicans
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Heteroceridae (Variegated Mud-loving Beetles)
Genus Augyles
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
includes spp. formerly treated in Augyles, Centuriatus, Explorator, and Microaugyles(1)
Explanation of Names
Augyles Schiødte 1866
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, at least 33 total(2)
Size
2.4-5.5 mm(2)
Identification
separated from the rest of the family by presence of post-metathoracic coxal lines; pale median stripe on the pronotum will also distinguish some species from Heterocerus(2)
Range
Holarctic, most diverse in Eurasia; in our area, primarily Canada and w. US (almost exclusively north of 38°N); only A. auromicans recorded in se. US(2)
Works Cited
1.Molecular data resolves relationships within Heteroceridae (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea)
King J.G., Starr J.R., Lago P.K. 2011. Syst. Entomol. 36: 435–445.
2.The variegated mud-loving beetles (Heteroceridae) of Mississippi and Alabama, with discussion and keys to se US spp.
King, J.G. and P.K. Lago. 2012. Insecta Mundi 0275: 1-53.
Contributed by v belov on 8 July, 2011 - 6:30am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 12 January, 2015 - 3:53pm

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