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Genus Macropogon

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Cerambycidae - Macropogon testaceipennis

Macropogon sequoiae or piceus? - Macropogon

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)

Genus Macropogon

Explanation of Names

Macropogon Motschulsky 1859

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1)

Range

holarctic (NA & Asia)(1)

Habitat

larvae in moss mats, adults on vegetation(1)

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.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 December, 2006 - 7:55pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 January, 2015 - 11:34pm

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