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Genus Stethon

Representative Images

False Click Beetle - Stethon pectorosus False Click Beetle - Stethon pectorosus beetle - Stethon pectorosus col5-20180630 - Stethon pectorosus Ptilinus? - Stethon pectorosus Stethon pectorosus? - Stethon pectorosus Stethon pectorosus Stethon pectorosus

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 Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)
Subfamily Eucneminae
Tribe Mesogenini
Genus Stethon

Numbers

Currently, a single species is known for this group.

Size

5.0-9.5 mm long.

Identification

Cylindrical form, reddish-brown coloration and lack of golden colored hairs along the inner margin of the antennal grooves will separate the species from other groups.

Range

Distributed mainly in the eastern part of North America.

Habitat

Largely found in forested areas.

Season

Mid June through the end of July.

Food

Unknown.

Life Cycle

Unknown.

Remarks

The group is very closely related to the South American Baryus and Mesogenus from Africa and Southeast Asia. According to Muona, 2000; he wrote Stethon and Mesogenus are separated by two autapomorphic features. He further wrote that separation of these two groups may be unnescessary. Further research is needed to clarify their relationships and taxonomic positions.

Print References

Muona, J. 2000. A Revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 212: 106 pp.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 17 July, 2006 - 6:11am
Additional contributions by Robert Otto
Last updated 19 March, 2011 - 7:44pm

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