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Subfamily Enopliinae

Pelonides granulatipennis (Schaeffer) - Pelonides granulatipennis - male 4-spotted Checkered Beetle - Pelonides quadripunctata - female Cleridae? - Boschella fasciata - male Cleridae? - Boschella fasciata - male Pelonides quadrinotata (Haldeman) - Pelonides quadrinotata - female Checkered - Pelonides quadripunctata Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis Chariessa? - Pelonides humeralis
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.
Contributed by v belov on 9 April, 2010 - 4:39am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 11:37am

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