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Species Eucinetus morio

Eucinetus morio small beetle - Eucinetus morio Plate-thigh Beetle - Eucinetus morio Plate-thigh Beetle - Eucinetus morio Plate-thigh Beetle - Eucinetus morio Eucinetus morio LeConte - Eucinetus morio Eucinetus morio beetle - Eucinetus morio
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Scirtoidea
Family Eucinetidae (Plate-thigh Beetles)
Genus Eucinetus
Species morio (Eucinetus morio)
Explanation of Names
Eucinetus morio LeConte 1853
Size
2.5-3.0 mm(1)
Range
e NA (NS-ON to FL-TX)(2)(1)
Habitat
Recorded from coniferous, deciduous, coastal, and mixed forests in NS(3)
Food
Recorded in fungi and from slime mold(3)
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.The Eucinetidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G. 2010. J. Acad. Ent. Soc. 6: 16-21.