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Subfamily Pyrochroinae

Fire-Colored Beetle Larva - Dendroides canadensis Pyrochroidae, larva, dorsal - Dendroides canadensis Dendroides canadensis Unidentified grub - Neopyrochroa flabellata Larva found under bark of downed tree - Dendroides canadensis Black and orange beetle - Neopyrochroa femoralis Dendroides canadensis? - Dendroides canadensis fire-colored beetle larva - Dendroides canadensis
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 Pyrochroidae (Fire-Colored Beetles)
Subfamily Pyrochroinae
Numbers
12 spp. in 3 genera in our area(1)
Range
mostly northern temperate(1)
Habitat
forested areas; adults under bark and on vegetation, most come to lights; larvae in decaying wood and under logs(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.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.