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.
Genera
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Allopogonia''
Cockerell, 1906
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Artematopus''
Perty, 1830
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Brevipogon''
Lawrence, 2005
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Carcinognathus''
Kirsch, 1873
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Ctesibius''
Champion, 1897
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Electribius''
Crowson, 1973
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Eurypogon''
Motschulsky, 1859
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Macropogon''
Motschulsky, 1859
Extinct genera
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Cretobrevipogon'' Cai et al, 2020
Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (
Aptian
The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...
)
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Sinobrevipogon'' Cai et al, 2015
Daohugou Beds, China, Middle Jurassic (
Callovian)''
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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. Th ...
, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...
)
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Carinibipogonia'' Li et al, 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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Forticatinius'' Tan & Ren, 2007 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Protartematopus'' Crowson, 1973
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Tarsomegamerus'' Zhang, 2005
References
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Elateroidea
Beetle families
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