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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Histerini » Margarinotus » subgenus Paralister (Margarinotus subgenus Paralister) » Margarinotus purpurascens

Species Margarinotus purpurascens

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Histerid - Margarinotus purpurascens Histerid - Margarinotus purpurascens Histerid - Margarinotus purpurascens Histerid - Margarinotus purpurascens Margarinotus purpurascens Histerid-Margarinotus purpurascens - Margarinotus purpurascens Histerid-Margarinotus purpurascens - Margarinotus purpurascens Histerid-Margarinotus purpurascens - Margarinotus purpurascens
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Histerini
Genus Margarinotus
No Taxon (subgenus Paralister)
Species purpurascens (Margarinotus purpurascens)
Explanation of Names
Margarinotus purpurascens (Herbst 1792)
Size
3.5-4.1 mm(1)
Identification
Elytra with ill-defined red blotches (photo)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic(2), adventive in NA (Pacific Northwest: sw. BC)(3), probably also in adjacent nw. US
Habitat
under rotting plant matter, incl. dung/scat(4)
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 3. Coleoptera I
Lehr P.A., ed. 1989. Leningrad, Nauka Publishing House, 572 pp.
2.Ôhara M. (2009-) Emma-mushi: database of the superfamily Histeroidea
3.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
4.Coleoptera Poloniae
Contributed by Tim Loh on 22 February, 2010 - 7:22pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 12:31pm

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