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Genus Psilopyga

Psilopyga histrina LeConte - Psilopyga histrina

Psilopyga nigripennis LeConte - Psilopyga nigripennis

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 (Nitidulid series)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Subfamily Nitidulinae

Tribe Cyllodini

Genus Psilopyga

Explanation of Names

Psilopyga LeConte 1853

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1)

Identification

photos and profiles of P. nigripennis and P. histrina

Range

e. US (New England to FL)(1)

Food

closely associated with stinkhorn mushrooms

Life Cycle

larvae develop completely immersed in the pool of viscous, gelatinous residue of the collapsed stinkhorn fruiting body

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by v belov on 8 March, 2010 - 6:11pm
Last updated 27 November, 2014 - 2:51pm

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