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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Antlike Flower Beetles (Anthicidae) » Anthicinae » Malporus » Malporus formicarius

Species Malporus formicarius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Antlike Flower Beetle - Malporus formicarius Malporus formicarius Malporus formicarius Malporus formicarius? - Malporus formicarius Malporus formicarius Beetle investigating bird poop - Malporus formicarius beetle - Malporus formicarius Anthicidae - Malporus formicarius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Anthicidae (Antlike Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Anthicinae
Genus Malporus
Species formicarius (Malporus formicarius)
Explanation of Names
Malporus formicarius (LaFerté-Sénectère 1847)
Size
3.4-4.1 mm(1)
Identification
Elytral apices dark or diffusely paler; setae on head and pronotum appressed(2)
Range
NA east of the Rockies (NS-SK to VA-KS) - Map (3)(1)(4)
Habitat
coastal dunes, under debris washed up on beaches & lake shores, along salt marsh margins(1)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Revision of the Genus Malporus Casey (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Anthicinae)
Donald S. Chandler. 1997. The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 265-275.
3.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.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by tom murray on 6 April, 2006 - 11:11pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 March, 2024 - 5:47pm

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