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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Phenolia grossa
Species
Phenolia grossa
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
(Nitidulid series)
Family
Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily
Nitidulinae
Tribe
Nitidulini
No Taxon
(Phenolia complex)
Genus
Phenolia
Species
grossa
(Phenolia grossa)
Explanation of Names
Phenolia grossa
(Fabricius 1801)
Size
6.0-8.5 mm
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1
)
Range
e. NA (NS-NC-AL to ON-MN-NM) -
Map
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2
)
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3
)
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4
)
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5
)
, uncommon across the se US
Habitat
under bark and on fungi
(
6
)
Season
year round
(
6
)
Works Cited
1.
An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)
Price M.B., Young D.K. 2006. Insecta Mundi 20: 69‒84.
2.
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.
3.
The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
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.
Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by
Stephen_WV
on 18 November, 2005 - 3:39pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 30 October, 2023 - 1:57pm