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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Prionocyphon » Prionocyphon discoideus

Species Prionocyphon discoideus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Comb antennaed little beetle - Prionocyphon discoideus - male Small beetle - Prionocyphon discoideus Scirtid - Prionocyphon discoideus - female Scirtidae, dorsal - Prionocyphon discoideus 20180501-SEP_6395 - Prionocyphon discoideus Scirtid - Prionocyphon discoideus - male Marsh Beetle - Prionocyphon discoideus - male Prionocyphon discoideus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Scirtoidea
Family Scirtidae (Marsh Beetles)
Genus Prionocyphon
Species discoideus (Prionocyphon discoideus)
Explanation of Names
Prionocyphon discoideus (Say 1825)
Size
3.5-4.5 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NS-FL to ON-AR)(1)(2)
Habitat
woodlands; larvae in stagnant water with leaves on surface or in water-filled treeholes(1)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
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 tom murray on 22 June, 2005 - 6:21pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 November, 2022 - 3:06pm

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