Species Symbiotes gibberosus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Tiny orange beetle under bark - Symbiotes gibberosus

Anamorphidae, Symbiotes gibberosus? - Symbiotes gibberosus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Coccinellid group)

Family Anamorphidae

Genus Symbiotes

Species gibberosus (Symbiotes gibberosus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

orig. comb. Cryptophagus gibberosus Lucas, 1846

Symbiotes pygmaeus Hampe, 1850

Microchondrus domuum Wollaston, 1854

Symbiotes minutus Schaufuss, 1882

Symbiotes duryi Walton, 1912

Symbiotes montanus Casey 1916

Explanation of Names

Symbiotes gibberosus (Lucas 1846)

Size

1.5-1.8 mm(1)

Range

native to w. Palaearctic, adventive and now widespread in NA (ON-NY-ID to FL-OH-KS-CA)(2); the only representative of the genus in the west and the most commonly encountered anywhere in NA

Habitat

treehole litter, moldy grain (extremely common and easily spread as a secondary stored product pest)

Remarks

Source: discussion with F.W. Shockley & own observations in Europe

Print References

Shockley, Floyd W. & Natalia J. Vandenberg. Catalogue of the primary types of Ceylonidae, Endomychidae and Latriidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, with additional notes and clarification of the status of several types. Zootaxa 2229: 1-64 (2009)

Works Cited

1.	Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

2.	An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae) Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.

Contributed by v belov on 11 July, 2010 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 10 March, 2016 - 6:31pm

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