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Species Atomaria nigrirostris

pointy-caud brown beetle - Atomaria nigrirostris

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Cucujid series)

Family Cryptophagidae (Silken Fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Atomariinae

Tribe Atomariini

Genus Atomaria

No Taxon (subgenus Atomaria)

Species nigrirostris (Atomaria nigrirostris)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Atomaria fuscicollis Mannerheim 1852

Explanation of Names

Atomaria nigrirostris Stephens 1830

Size

1.7–1.9 mm(1)

Range

native to, and common throughout the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (NF, NS, AK)(1)

Works Cited

1.	Contributions towards an understanding of the Atomariinae (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada Majka C.G., Johnson C., Langor D.W. 2010. ZooKeys 35: 37–63.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 5 December, 2008 - 5:40pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2012 - 6:00pm

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