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Amphotis
Genus
Amphotis
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
(Nitidulid series)
Family
Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily
Nitidulinae
Tribe
Nitidulini
No Taxon
(Soronia complex)
Genus
Amphotis
Explanation of Names
Amphotis
Erichson 1843
Numbers
2 spp. in our area
(
1
)
Size
our spp. 5.0-7.5 mm
(
2
)
Identification
A. ulkei
is larger (6.0-7.5 mm) and more oval than
A. schwarzi
(
2
)
Range
e. US, & AB -
Map
(GBIF), holarctic
Habitat
with ants in spring; on decaying fungi in fall
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.
Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 8 December, 2008 - 1:52pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 9 May, 2022 - 12:54pm