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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Brachypsectridae

Family Brachypsectridae

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Brachypsectra fulva LeConte - Brachypsectra fulva

Brachypsectra fulva? - Brachypsectra fulva

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 Brachypsectridae

Other Common Names

Texas beetle and allies

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

reviewed in(1)

Explanation of Names

Brachypsectridae LeConte & Horn, 1883

Numbers

a single genus, with one species in our area;(1)(2)(3) 9 extant spp. total in 2 genera (7 Brachypsectra + 2 Asiopsectra)(Lawrence, Monteith, & Reid, 2020) and 5 extinct (1 Brachypsectra, 1 Cretopsectra, 1 Hongipsectra, + 2 Vetubrachypsectra)(Zhao et al., 2020)

Size

4-8 mm(1)

Range

in our area, w. US (CA to CO-TX); also Mexico, Dominican Rep., S. Asia & Australia(1)

Habitat

under bark or rocks(4)

Food

Predacious(4)

Remarks

Larvae can be locally common; adults uncommon and probably short-lived(4)

Print References

Woodruff R.E. (2004) A new species of the beetle genus Brachypsectra from the Dominican Republic, with fossil connections (Coleoptera: Brachypsectridae). Insecta Mundi 16(4): 161-170 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Review of the family Brachypsectridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) Costa C., Vanin S.A., Lawrence J.F., Ide S., Branham M.A. 2006. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 99: 409-432.

2.	Lawrence J.F., et al. (2000-2005) Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification...

3.	Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.

4.	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.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 2 June, 2007 - 7:25pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 23 January, 2023 - 6:23pm

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