Species Monotoma bicolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Monotoma of some kind? - Monotoma bicolor

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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