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Species Dienerella ruficollis

Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Dienerella ruficollis Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Dienerella ruficollis Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Dienerella ruficollis
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 Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Latridiinae
Genus Dienerella
Species ruficollis (Dienerella ruficollis)
Explanation of Names
Dienerella (Cartoderema) ruficollis (Marsham 1802)
Size
1.0–1.2 mm(1)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic, adventive in the New World(1); in our area, across so. Canada south to VA-IN-OR(1)
Habitat
granaries/elevators, flour mills, houses, museums, haystacks, and barns in association with stored grains, dried dung, bird nests, refuse, fungi, and mouldy paper(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: before 1899 (MA-VA, IN, OR)(1)
Internet References
Fact sheet by C. McLellan(2)
Works Cited
1.Latridiidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: New records, keys to identification, new synonyms, distribution, and zoogeography
Majka C.G., Langor D., Rücker W.H. 2009. The Canadian Entomologist 141: 317‒370.
2.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
Contributed by tom murray on 1 May, 2007 - 6:36pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 December, 2014 - 12:45pm

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