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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Endomychus biguttatus
Species
Endomychus biguttatus
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Coccinelloidea
No Taxon
(Coccinellid group)
Family
Endomychidae (Handsome Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily
Endomychinae
Genus
Endomychus
Species
biguttatus
(Endomychus biguttatus)
Explanation of Names
Endomychus biguttatus
Say 1824
Size
3.5-4.2 mm
(
1
)
Identification
Range
e. NA (NF-SK-NT to FL-TX, AZ) -
Map
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2
)
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3
)
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4
)
Food
Feeds and reproduces on
Schizophyllum communae
(Schizophyllaceae); also found on
Auricularia
(Auriculariaceae) and
Piptoporus betulinus
(
5
)
Works Cited
1.
Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.
Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.
An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.
4.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.
The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada...
C.G. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1546: 39–50.
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 29 March, 2005 - 3:30pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 11 October, 2023 - 5:30am