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Subfamily Pyrochroinae

false-head-beetle-larva - Neopyrochroa flabellata

Pyrochroidae, larva head, dorsal - Dendroides canadensis

Dendroides concolor? - Dendroides concolor

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.

Contributed by v belov on 25 February, 2015 - 1:25pm
Last updated 26 February, 2015 - 8:21am

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