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Family Clambidae - Minute Beetles

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scirtoidea (Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles)

Family Clambidae (Minute Beetles)

Numbers

Three genera and 12 species north of Mexico; 70 spp. in 5 genera worldwide(1)

Size

0.7-2.0mm (1)

Identification

minute, oval, convex, most capable of rolling into a ball, with head strongly deflexed. Divided eyes, large metacoxal plate. Most with dense decumbent setae. Tarsi 4-4-4. (1)

Habitat

live in decaying plant material.

Print References

American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 36 (1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by tom murray on 6 April, 2007 - 9:10am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Tim Moyer, v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2009 - 1:43pm

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