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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Shiny Spider Beetle (Mezium affine)
Species
Mezium affine
- Shiny Spider Beetle
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
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Identification
see
here
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2
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Range
mostly nothern and southern latitudes. In Canada, NS to SK; BC -
Map
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Habitat
As in
M. americanum
Remarks
earliest record in our area: ne. US 1904
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4
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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