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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Minute Clubbed Beetles (Monotomidae) » Monotominae » Monotoma » Monotoma longicollis

Species Monotoma longicollis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
small Monotomidae - Monotoma longicollis Monotoma longicollis (Gyllenhal) - Monotoma longicollis Monotomidae 1 - Monotoma longicollis Small beetle attracted to light - Monotoma longicollis root eater - Monotoma longicollis little root - Monotoma longicollis Sonora2 J50 - Monotoma longicollis Monotoma longicollis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Family Monotomidae (Minute Clubbed Beetles)
Subfamily Monotominae
Genus Monotoma
Species longicollis (Monotoma longicollis)
Explanation of Names
Monotoma longicollis (Gyllenhal 1827)
longicollis = 'long-necked'
Size
1.4-1.9 mm(1)
Identification

Det. T. McElrath, 2011
Range
native to the Palaearctic, widespread in our area(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic review of the Canadian species of the genus Monotoma Herbst (Coleoptera: Monotomidae)
Bousquet Y., LaPlante S. (1999). 2000. Proc. Ent. Soc. Ontario 130: 67-96.
2.Monotomidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Bousquet Y. 2010. J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 6: 1-8.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 16 November, 2008 - 6:35pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 May, 2018 - 11:44am

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