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Species Mycetina perpulchra

Fungus Beetle? - Mycetina perpulchra Fungus Beetle? - Mycetina perpulchra Orange-spotted beetle - Mycetina perpulchra Endomychid - Mycetina perpulchra Coleoptera - Mycetina perpulchra Coleoptera - Mycetina perpulchra Mycetina perpulchra Mycetina perpulchra
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 Endomychidae (Handsome Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Lycoperdininae
Genus Mycetina
Species perpulchra (Mycetina perpulchra)
Explanation of Names
Mycetina perpulchra (Newman 1838)
perpulchra = 'most beautiful'
Size
3.5-4.0 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NS-GA-AL to MB-LA)(2)
Habitat
Associated with Coniophora arida (Coniophraceae), boletes associated with decaying pine, and other soft species of Agaricales(3)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.
3.The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada...
C.G. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1546: 39–50.
Contributed by tom murray on 7 May, 2005 - 2:50pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 February, 2015 - 6:45pm

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