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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles (Scirtoidea) » Plate-thigh Beetles (Eucinetidae) » Eucinetus » Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Species Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Plate-Thigh Beetle - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

unknown beetle - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis (Germar) - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis? - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Tetratomidae? - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Scirtoidea (Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles)

Family Eucinetidae (Plate-thigh Beetles)

Genus Eucinetus

Species haemorrhoidalis (Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

haemorrhous Duftschmid 1825, terminalis LeConte 1853 --see (1)

Explanation of Names

Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis (Germar 1818)

Size

3-3.6 mm(2)

Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2010

Range

adventive in NA and now transcontinental (north to NS-NT-BC) - Map (3)(4), native to Europe(5)

Habitat

lowlands & piedmonts, usually on sandy & przepuszczalnych soils; larvae in soil, adults year-round under decaying plant material, detritus at fungus-infested roots, leaf litter, moss at tree bases, or under loose bark(6)

Season

mostly: June-July (BG data)

Food

larvae feed on subterranean fungi(6)

Life Cycle

adults overwinter(6)

Works Cited

1.	Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea] Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE. 2017. Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1-215.

2.	Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

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.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	The Eucinetidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka C.G. 2010. J. Acad. Ent. Soc. 6: 16-21.

6.	Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by v belov on 25 January, 2010 - 1:51am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 May, 2022 - 11:49pm

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