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

Species Margarinotus brunneus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Histerid - Margarinotus brunneus - male Histerid - Margarinotus brunneus - male
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 Histerinae
Tribe Histerini
Genus Margarinotus
No Taxon (subgenus Ptomister)
Species brunneus (Margarinotus brunneus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Margarinotus cadaverinus (Hoffmann 1803)
Explanation of Names
Margarinotus brunneus (Fabricius 1775)
Size
5.5-8.5 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (widespread and common in Eurasia), adventive in NA (known from so. MB, WI, TN, SC)(1)(2)(3)
Habitat
primarily on carrion, occasionally on decomposing plant matter(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: 1837(4)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.Gruber J.P. (2003) Hister beetles of Wisconsin
3.Ôhara M. (2009-) Emma-mushi: database of the superfamily Histeroidea
4.Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)
C.G. Majka. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 189-202.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 22 September, 2008 - 10:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 5:08pm

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