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Species Prometopia sexmaculata

Tiny Beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata Nitidulidae, dorsal - Prometopia sexmaculata Prometopia sexmaculata Beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata Coleoptera - Prometopia sexmaculata Beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata micro beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata Prometopia sexmaculata
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 Prometopinae
Genus Prometopia
Species sexmaculata (Prometopia sexmaculata)
Explanation of Names
Prometopia sexmaculata (Say 1825)
Size
4.5-6.5 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (QC-ON to FL-TX) - Map (2)(3)(4), should be lots of TX records...
Season
Hibernates under bark and beneath logs during the winter. When the weather warms they feed on sap.
See Also
P. bidentata (AZ) is more slender, unicolored, with middle and hind femora obtusely bidentate(5)
Works Cited
1.Price M.B., Cira T. (2008) Kateretidae & Nitidulidae of Wisconsin
2.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.
3.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 17 December, 2004 - 4:41pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, JohnMaxwell22, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 30 October, 2023 - 12:52pm

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