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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Histerini » Margarinotus » subgenus Ptomister (Margarinotus subgenus Ptomister) » Margarinotus merdarius

Species Margarinotus merdarius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Histeridae - Margarinotus merdarius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Histerini
Genus Margarinotus
No Taxon (subgenus Ptomister)
Species merdarius (Margarinotus merdarius)
Explanation of Names
Margarinotus merdarius (Hoffmann 1803)
Size
6.0-8.5 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in our area and established in the northeast (New England to MB and IN) and along the Pacific (BC-CA)(2)(3)
Habitat
dung, poultry houses; in Europe, primarily in bird nests, also in dung, fungi, and decaying plant material(2)(3); synanthropic species associated with stables, hen houses, mills, granaries, and other animal/storage facilities(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: 1845(4)
Works Cited
1.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
3.A review of California Margarinotus Marseul (Coleoptera:Histeridae: Histerinae:Histerini), with descriptions of two new species
Caterino M.S. 2010. The Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 1–12.
4.Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)
C.G. Majka. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 189-202.
Contributed by v belov on 20 September, 2010 - 1:39pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 12:47pm

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