Species Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

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

unknown beetle - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis (Germar) - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Eucinetus terminalis - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis? plate-thigh beetle - Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Scirtoidea

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)

Range

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

Habitat

lowlands & piedmonts, usually on sandy/permeable 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(5)

Food

larvae feed on subterranean fungi(5)

Life Cycle

adults overwinter(5)

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

4.	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.

5.	Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by v belov on 25 January, 2010 - 1:51am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 October, 2023 - 12:45am

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