Species Aulonium ferrugineum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

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

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)

Subfamily Colydiinae (Cylindrical Bark Beetles)

Tribe Colydiini

Genus Aulonium

Species ferrugineum (Aulonium ferrugineum)

Explanation of Names

ferrugineum is Latin for rust-colored (1)

Numbers

5 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Habitat

Rare under pine bark (Schwartz 1878)

Remarks

Predator of the southern pine beetle.

Print References

Schwartz, E.A. 1878. The Coleoptera of Florida. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 353–472. Full Text

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	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 v belov on 14 May, 2009 - 5:53pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 June, 2009 - 12:23am

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