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subgenus Pauronemognatha

Blister Beetle? - Nemognatha scutellaris Nemognatha - Nemognatha scutellaris Nemognatha nemorensis red and black - Nemognatha scutellaris Bister Beetle - Nemognatha scutellaris BeetleOrange06172007_FF_2427 - Nemognatha punctulata Unknown Beetle sp. - Nemognatha punctulata Soldier Beetle on Pipewort - Nemognatha nemorensis
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 Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Nemognathinae
Tribe Nemognathini
Genus Nemognatha
No Taxon subgenus Pauronemognatha
Explanation of Names
Pauronemognatha Enns 1956
Numbers
7 spp.(1)
Size
5-15 mm(1)
Range
most of the US + QC-ON; N. cribraria fuscula & N. nemorensis widespread in the east, N. punctulata se. US; the rest of the taxa are more western(1)
Season
Mar-Oct(1)
Remarks
Species not yet in guide (1):
N. capillaris Enns, 1956 (UT)
N. nebrascensis Enns, 1956 (NE, KS)
Works Cited
1. A revision of the genera Nemognatha, Zonitis, and Pseudozonitis (Coleoptera, Meloidae) in America north of Mexico, with....
Enns, W.R. 1956. University of Kansas Scientific Bulletin 37(17): 685-909.