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Subfamily Omethinae

Malthomethes oregonus Fender - Malthomethes oregonus Malthomethes oregonus Fender - Malthomethes oregonus Troglomethes leechi Wittmer - Troglomethes leechi Blatchleya gracilis Cantharid-like beetle - Troglomethes oregonensis Cantharid-like beetle - Troglomethes oregonensis Malthomethes oregonus, live photos - Malthomethes oregonus Malthomethes oregonus, live photos - Malthomethes oregonus
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 Omethidae (False Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Omethinae
Numbers
9 spp. in 5 genera in our area(1)
Range
2 spp. are eastern (Blatchleya, Omethes), the rest are endemic to OR-CA(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.