Macropogon

Macropogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Artematopodidae
Genus:	Macropogon Motschulsky, 1845

Macropogon is a genus of soft-bodied plant beetles in the family Artematopodidae. ^[1] The genus was first described in 1845 by Russian entomologist, Victor Motschulsky, ^{[1] [2]} where he gives the type species as M. sibiricum "found in the Daouerie Alps". ^[2] There are at least three described species in Macropogon. ^{[3] [4] [5]} while BioLib lists an additional four. ^[6]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Macropogon:

• Macropogon piceus LeConte, 1861
• Macropogon sequoiae Hopping, 1936
• Macropogon testaceipennis Motschulsky, 1859

In addition to these, BioLib lists a further four species: ^[6]

• Macropogon dongatua Pic, 1927
• Macropogon niger (Melsheimer, 1846)
• Macropogon pubescens Motschschulsky
• Macropogon sibiricus Motschulsky

References

1. "Macropogon Motschulsky, 1845 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
2. Victor Motschulsky (1845). "Remarques sur la collection de Coléoptères Russes de Victor de Motschulsky". Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (in French). 18 (1): 3-127 [38]. ISSN   0007-7682. Wikidata   Q136554285. BHL page 44164913
3. "Macropogon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "Macropogon". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
5. "Macropogon genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
6. "BioLib: Macropogon Motschulsky, 1845". biolib/cz. Retrieved 2025-10-22.

Further reading

• Hopping, Ralph (1936). "A revision of the genus Macropogon Motsch". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 12 (1): 45–48. ISSN   0031-0603.
• Lawrence, John F. (2005). "Brevipogon, a New Genus of North American Artematopodidae (Coleoptera), with a Key to World Genera". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 59 (2): 223–236. doi:10.1649/749. JSTOR   4010044. S2CID   85434189.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.

External links

• Macropogon: Occurrence data from GBIF