Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Illustrated Key to Families of California Beetles FAMILY ACCOUNTS Reticulated Beetles (Cupedidae) Wrinkled Bark Beetles (Rhysodidae) Ground Beetles and Tiger Beetles (Carabidae) Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae) Crawling Water Beetles (Haliplidae) Trout-stream Beetles (Amphizoidae) Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) Clown Beetles (Histeridae) Primitive Carrion Beetles (Agyrtidae) Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) Stag Beetles (Lucanidae) Hide Beetles (Trogidae) Rain Beetles (Pleocomidae) Earth-boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) Bumblebee Scarab Beetles (Glaphyridae) Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) Soft-bodied Plant Beetles (Dascillidae) Cedar Beetles or Cicada Parasite Beetles (Rhipiceridae) Schizopodid Beetles or False Jewel Beetles (Schizopodidae) Metallic Wood-boring Beetles or Jewel Beetles (Buprestidae) Riffle Beetles (Elmidae) Long-toed Water Beetles (Dryopidae) Variegated Mud-loving Beetles (Heteroceridae) Water Penny Beetles (Psephenidae) False Click Beetles (Eucnemidae) Click Beetles (Elateridae) Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae) Glowworms (Phengodidae) Fireflies and Glowworms (Lampyridae) Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) Skin Beetles (Dermestidae) Bostrichid Beetles (Bostrichidae) Deathwatch Beetles and Spider Beetles (Anobiidae) Bark-gnawing Beetles (Trogossitidae) Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) Sap Beetles (Nitidulidae) Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles (Silvanidae) Flat Bark Beetles (Cucujidae) Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) Bothriderid Beetles (Bothrideridae) Handsome Fungus Beetles (Endomychidae) Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) Ripiphorid Beetles (Ripiphoridae) Zopherid Beetles (Zopheridae) Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) Blister Beetles (Meloidae) Antlike Flower Beetles (Anthicidae) Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) Leaf Beetles and Seed Beetles (Chrysomelidae) Leaf-rolling Weevils (Attelabidae) Weevils or Snout Beetles (Curculionidae) Checklist of North American Beetle Families California's Sensitive Beetles Collections, Societies, and Other Resources Glossary Selected General References Art Credits Index

About the Author

Arthur V. Evans is Research Associate in the Department of Entomology at the National Museum of Natural History, at the Smithsonian Institution, and in the Department of Recent Invertebrates at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. He is coauthor, with Charles L. Bellamy, of An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles (UC Press, 2000). James N. Hogue is Manager of Biological Collections in the Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge, and Research Associate at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Together, Arthur and James wrote Introduction to California Beetles (UC Press, 2004).