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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Hooded Beetles (Corylophidae) » Sericoderus » Sericoderus lateralis

Species Sericoderus lateralis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
1mm carcass beetle - Sericoderus lateralis 1mm carcass beetle - Sericoderus lateralis Another tiny bracket fungus beetle - Sericoderus lateralis corylophid - Sericoderus lateralis corylophid - Sericoderus lateralis Sericoderus - Sericoderus lateralis Beetle - Sericoderus lateralis
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 Corylophidae (Minute Hooded Beetles)
Genus Sericoderus
Species lateralis (Sericoderus lateralis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sericoderus lateralis (Gyllenhal 1827)

Synonyms:
Cossyphus lateralis Gyllenhal, 1827
Sericoderus thoracicus Stephens, 1829
Sericoderus forticornis Matthews, 1899
Sericoderus visnyae Csiki, 1940
Clypeaster ptilioides Motschulsky, 1849
Size
0.9-1.1 mm(1)
Range
Cosmopolitan, widespread in NA (NS-BC to FL-CA), Europe, and Asia. (2)(3)(4)(5)
Habitat
Associated with mold/fungi in damp situations under bark or in plant debris(2)
Remarks
Parthenogenic.
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
3.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.
4.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
5.California Beetle Project
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 October, 2007 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 November, 2021 - 9:54pm

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