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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Bolitophagini » Bolitophagus » Bolitophagus corticola

Species Bolitophagus corticola

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Works Cited
Bolitophagus corticola conifer underbark sheet fungus - Bolitophagus corticola Beetle - Bolitophagus corticola Bolitophagus corticola? - Bolitophagus corticola Beetle for ID - Bolitophagus corticola Bolitophagus corticola Bolitophagus corticola Trog - Bolitophagus corticola
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Tenebrioninae
Tribe Bolitophagini
Genus Bolitophagus
Species corticola (Bolitophagus corticola)
Explanation of Names
Bolitophagus corticola Say 1826
Size
6-7.5 mm(1)
Identification
Smaller than Bolitotherus. Male not horned
Range
e NA to UT-AZ (NS-FL to ON-WI-MO-TX) - Map (2)(3)
Habitat
Forests, under bark and bracket fungi
Season
mostly Mar-Sep (3)
See Also
Forked Fungus Beetle - Bolitotherus cornutus - larger, male horned
- Range: e. NA
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 August, 2005 - 7:27am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 June, 2023 - 5:00pm

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