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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Dendrophilinae » Paromalini » Paromalus » subgenus Paromalus (Paromalus subgenus Paromalus) » Paromalus bistriatus

Species Paromalus bistriatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Histerid - Paromalus bistriatus Clown beetle - Paromalus bistriatus Clown beetle - Paromalus bistriatus Clown beetle 10.04.10 - Paromalus bistriatus Clown beetle 10.04.10 - Paromalus bistriatus Paromalus (s.str.) bistriatus Erichson 1834 - Paromalus bistriatus Paromalus (s.str.) bistriatus Erichson 1834 - Paromalus bistriatus Histerid - Paromalus bistriatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Dendrophilinae
Tribe Paromalini
Genus Paromalus
No Taxon (subgenus Paromalus)
Species bistriatus (Paromalus bistriatus)
Explanation of Names
Paromalus bistriatus Erichson 1834
Size
1.8-2.2 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (QC-ON to FL-LA)(1)(2)
Habitat
under the bark of dead trees, primarily hardwoods in advanced stages of decay(1)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.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.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 8 November, 2007 - 6:55pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 11:03am

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