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Family Artematopodidae - Soft-bodied Plant Beetles

Coleoptera Beetles - Macropogon testaceipennis artematopodid - Macropogon sequoiae Chinese Camp '72 - Brevipogon confusus Chinese Camp '72 - Brevipogon confusus Coleoptera - Macropogon Unknown Beetle - Eurypogon niger Macropogon - Macropogon piceus Macropogon - Macropogon piceus
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 Artematopodidae (Soft-bodied Plant Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Artematopidae
Explanation of Names
Artematopodidae Lacordaire 1857
Numbers
8-9 spp. in 4 genera in our area (all in the Artematopodinae)(1)(2), 45 spp. in 8 genera of 3 subfamilies total(3)
Size
3-10 mm(1)
Identification
Head well recessed into pronotum and slightly to strongly downturned. Antennae 11-segmented, maxillary palpi 4-segmented, tarsi 5-5-5. Larvae elateriform. Apex of each elytron with ventral tongue-like process
Range
most of the New World (n. NA to Brazil) + E. Asia & so. Europe(4)
Habitat
Larvae of several spp. found in moss mats; adults on vegetation(1)
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