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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
- ^ 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.