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Genus Mastogenius

Small Beetle - Mastogenius Small Beetle - Mastogenius Mastogenius subcyaneus (LeConte) - Mastogenius subcyaneus Metallic wood-boring beetle - Mastogenius subcyaneus Mastogenius crenulatus Knull - Mastogenius crenulatus Mastogenius crenulatus Knull - Mastogenius crenulatus Small Buprestid - Mastogenius subcyaneus Mastogenius crenulatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Polycestinae
Tribe Haplostethini
Genus Mastogenius
Explanation of Names
Mastogenius Solier 1849
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1), 40 total(2)
Range
e. US to AZ / Mex. to S. Amer. - Map (3)
New World & Eurasia(2); in our area, so. US (north to NJ-OH), with M. crenulatus & M. subcyaneus widespread in the east (esp. the former) and the rest, in the deep south (FL-TX-AZ)(4)