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Subfamily Chauliognathinae

UID INSECT - Belotus abdominalis Margined Leatherwing - Chauliognathus marginatus Pennsylvania Leatherwing? - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus Colorado Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus basalis beetle - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus Cantharidae, Margined Leatherwing, on Lead plant - Chauliognathus marginatus Bugs Mating - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus - male - female Male, Chauliognathus lecontei? - Chauliognathus lecontei - male
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 Chauliognathinae
Explanation of Names
Chauliognathinae LeConte 1861
Numbers
2 tribes, with 25 spp. in 3 genera in our area and a great many worldwide(1)
Range
Chauliognathini in the New World, Australia & New Guinea; Ichthyurini, worldwide except Australia(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.