Species Rhizophagus sayi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

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)

Genus Rhizophagus

No Taxon (subgenus Rhizophagus)

Species sayi (Rhizophagus sayi)

Explanation of Names

Rhizophagus sayi Schaeffer, 1913

sayi = named after Thomas Say, a prominent American entomologist and naturalist of the early 19th century

Range

e. US (NH-SC-LA to MI-e.KS-TX)(1)(2)

Habitat

deciduous forests; recorded from oaks, American Beech, American Chestnut, Sugar Maple, and Black Cherry(1)

Works Cited

1.	A review of the North American species of Rhizophagus Herbst and a revision of the Nearctic members of the subgenus Anomophagus Bousquet Y. 1990. Can. Entomol. 122: 131-171.

2.	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.

Contributed by tom murray on 6 February, 2006 - 12:56pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 17 April, 2021 - 2:22am

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