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Soronia grisea
Species
Soronia grisea
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Cucujoidea
No Taxon
(Nitidulid series)
Family
Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily
Nitidulinae
Tribe
Nitidulini
No Taxon
(Soronia complex)
Genus
Soronia
Species
grisea
(Soronia grisea)
Explanation of Names
Soronia grisea
(Linné 1758)
Range
native to, and widespread across, the Palaearctic; adventive in NA (Atlantic Canada)
(
1
)
Habitat
on tree sap and other fermented substances, under bark of deciduous trees, on tree blossoms
(
1
)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NF 1989
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1
)
Works Cited
1.
Nitidulidae and Kateretidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada 1: New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island...
Majka C.G., Cline A.R. 2006. The Canadian Entomologist 138: 314-332.
Contributed by
v belov
on 6 December, 2010 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 10:26pm