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Family Dascillidae - Soft-bodied Plant Beetles

Dascillus sp. - Dascillus davidsoni Mystery beetle - Anorus piceus Soft-bodied Plant Beetle - Dascillus? - Dascillus davidsoni Beetle - Anorus piceus this year (2017) already out in numbers in March - Anorus parvicollis Beetle 4.8.17 - Anorus Aguanga-0BG.J.1973.01 - Anorus piceus Anorus piceus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Dascilloidea
Family Dascillidae (Soft-bodied Plant Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Karumiidae
Explanation of Names
Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville 1843 (1834)
Numbers
5 spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~80 spp. in 15 genera worldwide(1)
Size
8-18 mm(1); worldwide, 4.5–25 mm(2)
Identification
Dense grey and/or brown vestiture covers entire body. Elongate and somewhat convex in cross-section.
Range
throughout the Northern Hemisphere and in Australia, most diverse in Asia; absent from Africa and tropical America(2); in our area, CA-AZ(1)
Habitat
Larvae in moist soil or under rocks; adults on grass in springtime(1)
Internet References
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.
2.Lawrence J.F., et al. (2000-2005) Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification...