Species Atomaria mesomela

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat

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 (Cucujid series)

Family Cryptophagidae (Silken Fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Atomariinae

Tribe Atomariini

Genus Atomaria

No Taxon (subgenus Anchicera)

Species mesomela (Atomaria mesomela)

Explanation of Names

Atomaria mesomela (Herbst 1793)

mesomela = 'half black'

Size

1.3-1.7 mm

Identification

Pronotum laterally convex, widest at about middle, black; elytra with apical half red, border between colours sharply defined (in other NA Atomaria with black pronotum elytra may be paler apically, but gradually so)

Range

Palearctic species, also recorded in the Nearctic (so far reliably recorded in California only)

Habitat

In Europe, rather common in meadows and wetlands

Contributed by Boris Büche on 6 July, 2016 - 10:24am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 9 November, 2018 - 3:35pm

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