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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Atomariinae » Atomariini » Atomaria » subgenus Anchicera (Atomaria subgenus Anchicera) » Atomaria lewisi

Species Atomaria lewisi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Silken Fungus Beetle - Atomaria lewisi Latridiidae ? - Atomaria lewisi Beetle - Atomaria lewisi mating beetles - Atomaria lewisi - male - female Atomaria lewisi - male Cryptophagidae, dorsal - Atomaria lewisi Waterford-LRB - Atomaria lewisi Little brown beetle - Atomaria lewisi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Cryptophagidae (Silken Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Atomariinae
Tribe Atomariini
Genus Atomaria
No Taxon (subgenus Anchicera)
Species lewisi (Atomaria lewisi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Atomaria curtula Casey 1900(1)
Explanation of Names
Atomaria lewisi Reitter 1877
Size
1.3–1.6 mm(1)
Range
e NA to Calif. (NF-ON to GA-TX-CA)(1)(BG data), native to Asia(2)
Habitat
especially around farms & in gardens/parks (heaps of refuse, esp. cut vegetation, hay, grass, compost) but also in other habitats(1)(2)
Life Cycle
comes to lights (BG data)
Remarks
Adventive
Works Cited
1.Contributions towards an understanding of the Atomariinae (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada
Majka C.G., Johnson C., Langor D.W. 2010. ZooKeys 35: 37–63.
2.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 5 December, 2008 - 5:30am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2018 - 1:10pm

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