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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Tribalinae » Epierus » Epierus pulicarius

Species Epierus pulicarius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
underbark hister beetle - Epierus pulicarius Histerid - Epierus pulicarius Teeny-tiny Histerid found with termites - Epierus pulicarius Histerid - Epierus pulicarius Epierus pulicarius Erichson - Epierus pulicarius Epierus pulicarius Erichson - Epierus pulicarius Another small Histerid - Epierus pulicarius Hopeful id. - Epierus pulicarius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Tribalinae
Genus Epierus
Species pulicarius (Epierus pulicarius)
Explanation of Names
Epierus pulicarius Erichson 1834
Size
1.9-2.5 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (QC-ON to FL-TX) - Map (2)(3)
Habitat
under bark of dead trees, in rotten wood at advanced stages of decomposition(1)
Internet References
GSMNP Project - A. K. Tishechkin, LSAM (2007)(1)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
3.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 24 November, 2007 - 2:40pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 31 October, 2023 - 4:58pm

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