Species Cartodere bifasciata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Cartodere bifasciata

Ultra tiny beetle - Cartodere bifasciata

beetle emerging from bird nest - Cartodere bifasciata

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 Cartodere

No Taxon (subgenus Aridius)

Species bifasciata (Cartodere bifasciata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lathridius bifasciatus, Aridius bifasciatus, Coninomus bifasciatus

Explanation of Names

Cartodere bifasciata (Reitter 1877)

Size

2.0-2.1 mm(1)

Identification

Easily seperated from similar Latridiids with laterally constricted pronotum by its colour pattern: black markings on elytra between 2nd and 5th. stria in anteriour third and behind middle; lateral black spot in about middle. The extent of the pattern varies between small, seperated maculae, and fused to bands.

Range

native to Australia, introduced into Europe [with tobacco]; apparently, a very recent introduction in our area (NS)(1)

Food

Larvae and adults feed on moulds in decaying organic material(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: NS 1989(1)

Internet References

Fact sheet(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 Boris Büche on 9 May, 2007 - 6:15am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 13 December, 2014 - 1:04pm

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