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Genus Anisotoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle found in slime mold - Anisotoma Leiodidae - Anisotoma Anisotoma? - Anisotoma beetle - Anisotoma Agathidium - Anisotoma Tritoma humeralis or biguttatus? (1) - Anisotoma Anisotoma expolita - male Anisotoma obsoleta - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Leiodinae
Tribe Agathidiini
Genus Anisotoma
Explanation of Names
Anisotoma Panzer 1797
Numbers
15 spp. in our area, ~60 total(1)
Identification
key to species in (2)
Range
Holarctic, n.Neotropical (to Panama), Oriental(1)
Habitat
Associated with rotting wood, fungi, slime molds
Food
Both adults and larvae feed on slime molds(3)
Internet References
Genus page(3)
Works Cited
1.BioLib.cz
2.Slime mold beetles of the genus Anisotoma (Leiodidae): classification and evolution
Q. D. Wheeler . 1979. Systematic Entomology, Volume 4, Issue 3, p. 251-309.
3.Majka C.G. Atlantic Canada Coleoptera
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 December, 2005 - 2:21pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 19 March, 2024 - 4:00pm

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