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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Atomariinae

Subfamily Atomariinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Atomaria sp.? - Atomaria lewisi Atomaria lewisi Reitter - Atomaria lewisi Atomaria (Atomaria) wollastoni? - Atomaria Atomaria - Atomaria distincta Taking a break from Carabids and Hydrophilids! - Atomaria Orthoperus atomus Gyllenhal - Ephistemus globulus Tiny beetle - Phalacridae? - Ephistemus globulus Cucujoidea - Silken Fungus Beetles - Cryptophagidae - Atomaria
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
Explanation of Names
Atomariinae LeConte 1861
Numbers
over 80 spp. in 6 genera north of Mexico, of which over 70 in the genus Atomaria(1), ~300 spp. worldwide
Range
worldwide and throughout NA; a considerable number of our spp. (at least 14) is either holarctic or adventive(2)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Provisional atlas of the Cryptophagidae-Atomariinae (Coleoptera) of Britain and Ireland
С. Johnson. 1993. Biological Records Centre, Huntingdon, 91 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 20 February, 2010 - 7:47pm
Last updated 17 February, 2015 - 11:05am

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