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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Histerini » Margarinotus » subgenus Promethister (Margarinotus subgenus Promethister) » Margarinotus confusus

Species Margarinotus confusus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Histerid - Margarinotus confusus Histerid - Margarinotus confusus Clown Beetle ? - Margarinotus confusus Clown Beetle ? - Margarinotus confusus Histerid - Margarinotus confusus - male Clown Beetle- Carcinops pumilio? - Margarinotus confusus Clown Beetle - Margarinotus confusus Margarinotus (Promethister) confusus - Margarinotus confusus - male
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 Histerinae
Tribe Histerini
Genus Margarinotus
No Taxon (subgenus Promethister)
Species confusus (Margarinotus confusus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Margarinotus confusus Wenzel, 1944
Size
Male: 3.3 to 4.0 mm; Female: 3.9 to 4.6 mm (1)
Identification
Very similar to M. marginicollis. Male genitalia should be examined for accurate ID. Form of metepimeron also useful, but variable. (1)
Range
Ontario to Nova Scotia, south (at least) to Illinois & South Carolina. (1)
Habitat
Has been collected in woodchuck burrows and at carrion. (1)
Works Cited
1.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 22 September, 2008 - 10:24pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 8:06pm

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