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Tribe Serropalpini

Melandryid - Serropalpus substriatus - male Serropalpus - Serropalpus substriatus Serropalpus substriatus Haldeman - Serropalpus substriatus Click Beetle ? Serropalpus substriatus  - Serropalpus substriatus beetle - Serropalpus coxalis Elateridae - Serropalpus Serropalpus substriatus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Melandryinae
Tribe Serropalpini
Explanation of Names
Serropalpini Latreille 1829
Numbers
4 spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~45 spp. in 13 genera total(1)(2)(3)
Range
much of the world; most genera are endemic to either northern temperate regions or to areas of southern hemisphere around the Pacific(1); in NA, associated with conifer forests
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera, Beetles; Morphology and Systematics vol. 2
Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence. 2010. De Gruyter.
2.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.
3.BioLib.cz