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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Nitidulinae » Nitidulini » Nitidula complex » Omosita » Omosita discoidea

Species Omosita discoidea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
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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 (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Nitidulinae
Tribe Nitidulini
No Taxon (Nitidula complex)
Genus Omosita
Species discoidea (Omosita discoidea)
Explanation of Names
Omosita discoidea (Fabricius 1775)
Size
2-3.6 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (across Eurasia)(2); adventive in NA, widespread in so. Canada and the US(3)
Habitat
on dry carrion, bones, hides, fungi, and decaying vegetation(4)
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada
Majka C.G., Webster R., Cline A.R. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 337-356.
4.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
Contributed by tom murray on 15 December, 2008 - 6:49pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 10 February, 2015 - 10:54am

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