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Tribe Chauliognathini

Chauliognathus 2 - Chauliognathus opacus Goldenrod Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus Margined Leatherwing - Chauliognathus marginatus Chauliognathus discus? - Chauliognathus discus - male - female Chauliognathus lewisi? - Chauliognathus lewisi Another Chauliognathus? - Chauliognathus limbicollis Beetle - Chauliognathus marginatus Mating, Chauliognathus lewisi vittatus? - Chauliognathus lewisi - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Chauliognathinae
Tribe Chauliognathini
Numbers
21 spp. in 2 genera in our area, hundreds of spp. total(1)
Identification
New World, Australia & New Guinea(1)(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.Zoogeography and systematics of North and Central American Chauliognathini (Coleoptera: Chauliognathidae)
Miskimen G.W. 1966. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Florida. 162 pp.