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Genus Endeodes

Intertidal insect - Endeodes insularis Melyrid - Endeodes basalis - male Endeodes collaris? - Endeodes collaris Endeodes collaris Endeodes insularis Beetle - Endeodes basalis  Endeodes? - Endeodes collaris  Endeodes? - Endeodes collaris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Malachiinae
Tribe Malachiini
Subtribe Attalina
Genus Endeodes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Endeodes LeConte 1859
Numbers
3 spp. in our area
Range
Pacific coast of NA
Habitat
intertidal zone, dry rocks & sand, sometimes moist seaweed
Remarks
All but one species of this genus are wingless (apterous) and therefore flightless, with small elytra. (The exception is not one of the three species in the bugguide bioregion.)
Print References
Ian Moore and E. F. Legner (1975). Revision of the genus Endeodes LeConte with a tabular key to the species (Coleoptera: Melyridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 83(2): 70-81 (Full Text)