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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soft-bodied Plant Beetles (Artematopodidae) » Eurypogon » Eurypogon niger

Species Eurypogon niger

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
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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 Artematopodidae (Soft-bodied Plant Beetles)
Genus Eurypogon
Species niger (Eurypogon niger)
Explanation of Names
Eurypogon niger (Melsheimer 1846)
Size
3.5‒4.5 mm(1)
Identification
large punctation is diagnostic for E. niger(2)
Range
e NA (QC‒GA to ON‒WI*‒OK*)(2)(1)(*BG data) QC DC IN KS MA NY PA SC VA(2)
Habitat
larvae in moss mats, adults on vegetation; comes to lights(1)(3)
Season
late spring & summer(1)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.New state records and ID of N. Amer. Eurypogon Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae), w/ lectotype designation for E. niger.
Hinson, K.R. and R.J. Buss. 2015. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(4): 768-772.
3.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 Jim McClarin on 8 July, 2007 - 7:14am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 May, 2024 - 10:40am

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