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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Mycetaeidae » Mycetaea » Hairy Cellar Beetle (Mycetaea subterranea)

Species Mycetaea subterranea - Hairy Cellar Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · 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 Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Mycetaeidae
Genus Mycetaea
Species subterranea (Hairy Cellar Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mycetaea hirta (Marsham 1802) (name in wide circulation until recently)
Explanation of Names
Mycetaea subterranea (Fabricius 1801)
Size
1.5–1.8 mm(1)
Identification
good images in(2)(3) (here)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive but widely distributed in n. NA (NF-BC to MD-WI-CA) and elsewhere in the world(4)(1)(5)(6)
Habitat
stored products in mills/granaries/warehouses/cellars; in old tree trunks, caves, and bee hives(2)(1)
Food
Zygomycete hyphae(2)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide
Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.
3.Borowiec L. (2007-) Iconographia Coleopterorum Poloniae
4.The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada...
C.G. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1546: 39–50.
5.An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.
6.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by v belov on 5 July, 2009 - 1:42pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 February, 2015 - 11:03am

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