Species Stenichnus scutellaris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Ant-like stone beetle? - Stenichnus scutellaris

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Staphylinoidea

Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

Subfamily Scydmaeninae (Ant-like Stone Beetles)

Tribe Glandulariini

Genus Stenichnus

Species scutellaris (Stenichnus scutellaris)

Explanation of Names

Stenichnus scutellaris (Müller & Kunze 1822)

Size

1.4–1.5 mm(1)

Range

Native to w. Palaearctic, widespread in Europe, adventive in NA (ON & *ne US)(1)(*BG data)

Habitat

leaf litter and dead wood in forests, at forest edges, occasionally in wetlands and grasslands(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: ON 2013(1) (probably earlier in ne US, but no published records)

Works Cited

1.	DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) Pentinsaari M, Anderson R, Borowiec L, Bouchard P, Brunke A, Douglas H, Smith A, Hebert P. 2019. ZooKeys 894: 53–150.

Contributed by v belov on 27 May, 2020 - 9:41pm

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