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Subfamily Malthininae

Short-winged Cantharid? Malthodes macnabi (Fender) - Malthodes macnabi - male Caccodes soldier beetle - Frostia cantharid? Malthodes male - male Malthodes larva - Malthodes Cantharidae - Caccodes
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 Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Malthininae
Explanation of Names
Malthininae Kiesenwetter 1852
Numbers
ca. 150 spp. in 4 genera of 2 tribes in our area (of which almost 130 Malthodes spp.); (1)
Size
1.2-5 mm(1)
Range
worldwide except Australia, but most diverse in Eurasia & NA(1)
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.
Contributed by v belov on 29 July, 2009 - 11:39pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 15 January, 2015 - 8:31pm

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