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Family Artematopodidae - Soft-bodied Plant Beetles

Brevipogon confusus (Fall) - Brevipogon confusus beetle - Eurypogon niger Eurypogon niger Macropogon? - Macropogon Artematopodidae - Soft-bodied Plant Beetle? Eurypogon niger? - Eurypogon niger Macropogon testaceipennis Macropogon Eurypogon niger
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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