Subfamily Eustrophinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

beetle Oaks, Junipers, Sycamores - Eustrophopsis

melandryid-ish beetle - Eustrophopsis bicolor

Eustrophopsis bicolor? - Eustrophopsis bicolor

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 Tetratomidae (Polypore Fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Eustrophinae

Explanation of Names

Eustrophinae Gistel 1848

Numbers

5 genera, with 12 spp. in our area and ~90 spp. worldwide(1); 7 spp. in 5 genera in Canada(2)

Identification

all of our genera and most spp. keyed and illustrated in(2)

Range

worldwide (except for Australia and New Zealand) and across NA(1)

Works Cited

1.	Review of the Eustrophinae (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) of America north of Mexico Pollock D.A. 2012. Zookeys 188: 1-153.

2.	Review of the Canadian Eustrophinae (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) Pollock D.A. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 261-290.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 3 January, 2006 - 5:57am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 4:57pm

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