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Species Mezium affine - Shiny Spider Beetle

beetle? that looks like a tiny eggplant - 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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