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Genus Nematodes

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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 Macraulacinae
Genus Nematodes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hypocaelus Dejean 1833, Emathion Laporte 1835, Sphaeocephalus Laporte 1835
Explanation of Names
Nematodes Berthold 1827
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, ~50 total(1)
Size
3-11 mm(2)
Identification
see (1)
Range
worldwide, most diverse in the Neotropics; in our area, eastern: 2 spp. widely distributed, two have scattered records, and one is a FL endemic(1)
Habitat
Largely found in forested areas
Works Cited
1.A review of the Nearctic species of Nematodes (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Macraulacinae:...) with a description of one new species
Otto R.L. 2021. Insecta Mundi 0881: 1-19.
2.A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae
Muona J. 2000. Acta Zoologica Fennica 212: 1-106.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 January, 2007 - 1:36pm
Additional contributions by Robert Otto, v belov
Last updated 28 August, 2021 - 1:34pm

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