Subfamily Macratriinae

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

Small, brown, hairy beetle - Macratria murina

Looks like a tiny bombardier beetle - Macratria confusa

Antlike Flower Beetle - Macratria confusa

Antlike flower beetle – genus Macratria? - Macratria murina

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

Explanation of Names

Macratriinae LeConte 1862

Numbers

4 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), >200 spp. in 3 genera worldwide (genera other than Macratria are monotypic)(2)

Range

Macratria is cosmopolitan, the other genera are restricted to TX or C. America(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 v belov on 26 October, 2011 - 11:31am
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 8:22am

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