Species Mycetaea subterranea - Hairy Cellar Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Rotting tree dweller 22 (beetle) - Mycetaea subterranea

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 Mycetaeidae

Genus Mycetaea

Species subterranea (Hairy Cellar Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mycetaea hirta (Marsham 1802) (name in wide circulation until recently)

Explanation of Names

Mycetaea subterranea (Fabricius 1801)

Size

1.5–1.8 mm(1)

Identification

good images in(2)(3) (here)

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive but widely distributed in n. NA (NF-BC to MD-WI-CA) and elsewhere in the world(4)(1)(5)(6)

Habitat

stored products in mills/granaries/warehouses/cellars; in old tree trunks, caves, and bee hives(2)(1)

Food

Zygomycete hyphae(2)

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

2.	Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.

3.	Borowiec L. (2007-) Iconographia Coleopterorum Poloniae

4.	The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada... C.G. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1546: 39–50.

5.	An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae) Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.

6.	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.

Contributed by v belov on 5 July, 2009 - 1:42pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 February, 2015 - 11:03am

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