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Subfamily Enopliinae

Boschella fasciata Cleridae? - Boschella fasciata - female  Pelonides quadrinotata - Pelonides quadrinotata Urban clerid?  Boschella fasciata? - Boschella fasciata Checkered - Pelonides quadripunctata Pelonides quadripunctata Small Beetle - Boschella fasciata Pelonides quadripunctata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Enopliinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
members of recently erected subfamilies Peloniinae and Neorthopleurinae(2) used to be treated in this subfamily, e.g. in (3)
Explanation of Names
Enopliinae Gistel 1856
Numbers
5 spp. in 3 genera in our area(3), ~70 spp. in 15 genera total(2)
Size
worldwide, 3.0–15.0 mm(2)
Range
worldwide, with prominence in temperate and subtropical zones(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomy of the New World genera of Enopliinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae)
Opitz W. 2014. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 87: 358‒384.
2.Classification, natural history, phylogeny, and subfamily composition of the Cleridae and generic content of the subfamilies
Opitz W. 2010. Entomologica Basiliensia et Collections Frey 32: 31–128.
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.