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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Handsome Fungus Beetles (Endomychidae) » Endomychinae » Danae » Danae testacea

Species Danae testacea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Epipocus or Danae ? - Danae testacea Lycoperdina ferruginea? - Danae testacea Danae testacea (Ziegler) - Danae testacea Danae testacea? - Danae testacea Beetle - Danae testacea Coccinelloidea – Handsome Fungus Beetles – Endomychidae – Endomychinae – Danae testacea - Danae testacea Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Danae testacea Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Danae testacea
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 Endomychinae
Genus Danae
Species testacea (Danae testacea)
Explanation of Names
Danae testacea (Ziegler 1845)
Numbers
3.5-4.0 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NS-FL to WI-TX)(2)(3)(4)
Habitat
old-growth hardwoods, in subcortical fungi and softer Polyporaceae(5)
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.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
5.The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada...
C.G. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1546: 39–50.
Contributed by v belov on 6 March, 2010 - 2:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 5 February, 2021 - 1:56pm

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