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Species Atomaria testacea

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Cucujoid - Atomaria testacea Atomaria distincta - Atomaria testacea Atomaria distincta - Atomaria testacea Atomaria testacea Atomaria testacea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Cryptophagidae (Silken Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Atomariinae
Tribe Atomariini
Genus Atomaria
No Taxon (subgenus Anchicera)
Species testacea (Atomaria testacea)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Atomaria ruficornis Marsham 1802(1)

Explanation of Names

Atomaria testacea Stephens 1830

Size

1.3–1.6 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (Maritime Canada, so. CA)(1).

Works Cited

1.Contributions towards an understanding of the Atomariinae (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada
Majka C.G., Johnson C., Langor D.W. 2010. ZooKeys 35: 37–63.
Contributed by tom murray on 10 August, 2009 - 7:57am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2016 - 7:33am

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