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Species Microhyus setiger

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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 Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Molytinae
Tribe Conotrachelini
Genus Microhyus
Species setiger (Microhyus setiger)
Explanation of Names
Microhyus setiger LeConte, 1876
setiger = 'bristle-bearing'
Size
1.8-2.5 mm(1)
Identification
distinctive (small size, bristly dorsum)
Range
e. NA (QC-ON to GA-LA*)(1)(2)(*BG data)
Habitat
Associated with dead beech (Fagus)(3); leaf litter(1)
Works Cited
1.Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.
2.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.
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 23 July, 2009 - 11:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 January, 2015 - 9:07am

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