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Species Atomaria nigrirostris

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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 Atomaria)
Species nigrirostris (Atomaria nigrirostris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Atomaria fuscicollis Mannerheim 1852
Explanation of Names
Atomaria nigrirostris Stephens 1830
Size
1.7–1.9 mm(1)
Range
native to, and common throughout the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (NF, NS, AK)(1)
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.