Artematopodidae is a family of soft-bodied plant
beetles in the superfamily
Elateroidea
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. It consists of about 25,000 species.
Description
Elateroidea is a morphologically diverse group, ...
. They are mostly found in understory forest foliage. The life history of the group is obscure, larvae of the genera ''
Eurypogon
''Eurypogon'' is a genus of soft-bodied plant beetles in the family Artematopodidae
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 ...
'' and ''
Macropogon
''Macropogon'' is a genus of soft-bodied plant beetles in the family Artematopodidae
Artematopodidae is a family of soft-bodied plant beetles in the superfamily Elateroidea. They are mostly found in understory forest foliage. The life history o ...
'' 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.
Genera
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Allopogonia''
Cockerell, 1906
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Artematopus''
Perty, 1830
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Brevipogon
''Brevipogon'' is a genus of soft-bodied plant beetles in the family Artematopodidae
Artematopodidae is a family of soft-bodied plant beetles in the superfamily Elateroidea. They are mostly found in understory forest foliage. The life history o ...
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Lawrence, 2005
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Carcinognathus''
Kirsch, 1873
* ''
Ctesibius
Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius ( grc-gre, Κτησίβιος; fl. 285–222 BC) was a Greek inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. He wrote the first treatises on the science of compressed air and its uses in pumps (a ...
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Champion, 1897
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Electribius''
Crowson, 1973
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Eurypogon
''Eurypogon'' is a genus of soft-bodied plant beetles in the family Artematopodidae
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 ...
''
Motschulsky, 1859
* ''
Macropogon
''Macropogon'' is a genus of soft-bodied plant beetles in the family Artematopodidae
Artematopodidae is a family of soft-bodied plant beetles in the superfamily Elateroidea. They are mostly found in understory forest foliage. The life history o ...
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Motschulsky, 1859
Extinct genera
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Cretobrevipogon'' Cai et al, 2020
Yixian Formation
The Yixian Formation (; formerly transcribed as Yihsien Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the late Barremian and early Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous. It is known for its exq ...
, China, Early Cretaceous (
Aptian)
* ''
Sinobrevipogon'' Cai et al, 2015
Daohugou Beds
The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China.
The formation consists of coarse conglomerat ...
, China, Middle Jurassic (
Callovian
In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 166.1 ± 4.0 Ma (million years ago) and 163.5 ± 4.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...
)''
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Bipogonia'' Li et al, 2022
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (
Cenomanian)
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Carinibipogonia'' Li et al, 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
* ''
Forticatinius'' Tan & Ren, 2007 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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