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Species Euparius marmoreus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)
Subfamily Anthribinae
Genus Euparius (Fungus weevil)
Species marmoreus (Euparius marmoreus)
Explanation of Names
Euparius marmoreus (Olivier 1795)
marmoreus 'marble-patterned'
Size
5‒8 mm
Range
e. NA (NS‒MB to FL‒TX)(1)(2)
Habitat
Adults under bark in winter and usually associated with polypore fungi Megasporoporia, Panis, Pereniporia, Phlebia, Trametes, and Trichoptum in spring/summer(3)
Remarks
common at lights
Works Cited
1.A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera)
Valentine B.D. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12: 251‒296.
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.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.