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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Handsome Fungus Beetles (Endomychidae) » Lycoperdininae » Lycoperdina » Lycoperdina ferruginea

Species Lycoperdina ferruginea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Handsome Fungus Beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea

Lycoperdina ferruginea? - Lycoperdina ferruginea

beetle from giant puffball - Lycoperdina ferruginea

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 Endomychidae (Handsome Fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Lycoperdininae

Genus Lycoperdina

Species ferruginea (Lycoperdina ferruginea)

Explanation of Names

Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte 1824

ferrugineus 'rusty'

Size

4.5-6.0 mm(1)

Identification

Det. K. Stephan, 1992

Range

much of NA (NS-BC to GA-NM) - Map (2)(3)(4)(5)

Food

host: Morganella pyriforme (occasionally other fungi)(1)

Remarks

Said to engage in reflex bleeding

Print References

Le Conte, J.E. 1824. Description of some new species of North American insects. Annals of the Lyceum Natural History of New York, 1: 169-173. (6)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae) Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.

3.	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.

4.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	Description of some new Species of North American Insects Le Conte, J. 1824. Annals of the Lyceum Natural History of New York, 1: 169-173.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 October, 2005 - 5:35pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 13 February, 2020 - 2:40am

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