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

Species Carcinops pumilio

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Histerid - Carcinops pumilio Histerid - Carcinops pumilio histerid - Carcinops pumilio histerid - Carcinops pumilio histerid - Carcinops pumilio Carcinops (s.str.) pumilio (Erichson 1834) - Carcinops pumilio Dendrophilus - Carcinops pumilio - male Unknown Hister Beetle - Carcinops pumilio
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 Carcinops
Species pumilio (Carcinops pumilio)
Explanation of Names
Carcinops pumilio (Erichson 1834)
Size
2.1-2.6 mm(1)
Range
native to the Old World, probably of tropical origin, now nearly cosmopolitan; adventive and widespread in our area (across Canada, n. US, FL)(2)(3)
Habitat
wide variety of habitats from dense forests to deserts and urban areas, incl. carrion, dung, bird/mammal nests in tree holes, farm manure(4), often synanthropic, associated with stored products, compost, poultry litter, etc.(2)(5)(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: 1834(2)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)
C.G. Majka. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 189-202.
3.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
4.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
5.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 6 December, 2007 - 7:41pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 5:16pm

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