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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Minute Clubbed Beetles (Monotomidae) » Monotominae » Monotoma

Genus Monotoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Monotomidae - Monotoma americana Monotomidae - Monotoma americana Monotoma of some kind? - Monotoma bicolor Monotoma Monotoma picipes from Germany - Monotoma picipes UID Coleoptera - Monotoma producta Monotomidae in San Diego? - Monotoma Monotoma americana? - Monotoma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Family Monotomidae (Minute Clubbed Beetles)
Subfamily Monotominae
Genus Monotoma
Explanation of Names
Monotoma Herbst 1793
Numbers
>15 spp. in our area(1), 40 total(2)
Identification
Key to spp. in (1) covers all the described species from our area except for M. texana and M. mucida, both southern
Photos of several spp. of European origin in (3)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
Habitat
plant debris, ant nests, stored products, sometimes under bark(1)(4)
Remarks
the only member of its tribe(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic review of the Canadian species of the genus Monotoma Herbst (Coleoptera: Monotomidae)
Bousquet Y., LaPlante S. (1999). 2000. Proc. Ent. Soc. Ontario 130: 67-96.
2.Tree of Life - Monotomidae
3.Borowiec L. (2007-) Iconographia Coleopterorum Poloniae
4.Monotomidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Bousquet Y. 2010. J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 6: 1-8.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 22 June, 2007 - 5:17pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 February, 2025 - 11:49pm

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