Artematopodidae

Artematopodidae Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Eurypogon niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Superfamily:	Elateroidea
Family:	Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857

Artematopodidae is a family of soft-bodied plant beetles in the superfamily Elateroidea. They are mostly found in understory forest foliage. The life history of the group is obscure, larvae of the genera Eurypogon and Macropogon likely feed on moss, while the larvae of Artematopus have been fed insect remains. The oldest fossils of the family date to the Middle Jurassic. ^[1]

Eurypogon niger

Genera

• Allopogonia Cockerell, 1906
• Artematopus Perty, 1830
• Brevipogon Lawrence, 2005
• Carcinognathus Kirsch, 1873
• Ctesibius Champion, 1897
• Electribius Crowson, 1973
• Eurypogon Motschulsky, 1859
• Macropogon Motschulsky, 1859

Extinct genera

• † Cretobrevipogon Cai et al, 2020 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) ^[2]
• † Sinobrevipogon Cai et al, 2015 Daohugou Beds, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian) ^[1]
• † Bipogonia Li et al, 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) ^[3]
• † Carinibipogonia Li et al, 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) ^[3]
• † Forticatinius Tan & Ren, 2007 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) ^[4]
• † Protartematopus Crowson, 1973
• † Tarsomegamerus Zhang, 2005

References

1. Cai, Chen-Yang; Lawrence, John F.; Ślipiński, Adam; Huang, Di-Ying (October 2015). "Jurassic artematopodid beetles and their implications for the early evolution of Artematopodidae (Coleoptera): Jurassic artematopodids from China" . Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 779–788. doi:10.1111/syen.12131. S2CID   85744105.
2. Cai, Chenyang; Fu, Yanzhe; Huang, Diying (January 2020). "A large artematopodid beetle (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Artematopodidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its systematic position" . Cretaceous Research. 105: 103986. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10503986C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.10.009. S2CID   134598400.
3. Li, Yan‑Da; Kundrata, Robin; Huang, Di‑Ying; Cai, Chen‑Yang (2022-04-27). "First Artematopodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)". Zootaxa. 5129 (2): 257–271. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.6 . ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   36101137.
4. Yu, Yali; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Ślipiński, Adam; Ren, Dong; Wang, Shuo; Pang, Hong (March 2021). "Mesozoic Cleroidea (Coleoptera): First record of mid-Cretaceous Lophocateridae from Burmese amber and notes on the disputed genera Cervicatinius Tan & Ren (Trogossitidae) and Forticatinius Tan & Ren (Artematopodidae)" . Cretaceous Research. 119 104680. Bibcode:2021CrRes.11904680Y. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104680. S2CID   225142273.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
• Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
• Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1-4020-6242-1.
• Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology . Plenum Press. ISBN   0-306-40366-8.
• Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.