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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Spider Beetles (Ptininae) » Meziini » Mezium » Shiny Spider Beetle (Mezium affine)

Species Mezium affine - Shiny Spider Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Northern Spider Beetle - Mezium affine Northern Spider Beetle - Mezium affine Northern Spider Beetle - Mezium affine Shiny Spider Beetle - Mezium affine Mezium affine Mezium affine Mezium affine Found inside - Mezium affine
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily Ptininae (Spider Beetles)
Tribe Meziini
Genus Mezium
Species affine (Shiny Spider Beetle)
Other Common Names
Northern spider beetle
Explanation of Names
Mezium affine Boieldieu 1856
Size
2.5–3.4 mm (1)
Identification
see here and(2)
Range
mostly nothern and southern latitudes. In Canada, NS to SK; BC - Map (2)(3)
Habitat
As in M. americanum
Remarks
earliest record in our area: ne. US 1904(4)
Works Cited
1.Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae
Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
2.Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide
Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 21 December, 2008 - 8:58am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 October, 2019 - 8:04am

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