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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Minute Clubbed Beetles (Monotomidae) » Monotominae » Monotoma » Monotoma bicolor

Species Monotoma bicolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
tiny beetle - Monotoma bicolor Monotoma of some kind? - Monotoma bicolor Unknown Coleoptera 4 - Monotoma bicolor Root-eating Beetle - Monotoma bicolor Monotomid - Monotoma bicolor - male Monotomid - Monotoma bicolor - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Family Monotomidae (Minute Clubbed Beetles)
Subfamily Monotominae
Genus Monotoma
Species bicolor (Monotoma bicolor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=parallela LeConte
Explanation of Names
Monotoma bicolor A. Villa & G.B. Villa 1835
Identification
habitus photo
Range
adventive, but uncommon across the continent - Map (1)(2)(3), native to the Palaearctic but now almost cosmopolitan
Habitat
decaying vegetable matter (grass piles, barnyard litter)(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic review of the Canadian species of the genus Monotoma Herbst (Coleoptera: Monotomidae)
Bousquet Y., LaPlante S. (1999). 2000. Proc. Ent. Soc. Ontario 130: 67-96.
2.Monotomidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Bousquet Y. 2010. J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 6: 1-8.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 9 April, 2010 - 2:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 March, 2022 - 7:50pm

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