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Species Thes bergrothi - Ridge-winged Fungus Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Thes bergrothi (Reitter) - Thes bergrothi Thes bergrothi (Reitter) - Thes bergrothi
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 Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Latridiinae
Genus Thes
Species bergrothi (Ridge-winged Fungus Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Thes bergrothi (Reitter 1880)
Size
1.8–2.2 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive elsewhere; in NA, across Canada & along the Pacific Coast(1)
Habitat
frequently associated with stored products and is found in damp/mouldy houses, cellars, warehouses, kitchens, granaries, wine cellars on flour, mouldy wallpaper, dried plants, leather, mouldy wine vats, cheese, dried cocoa(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: BC & east coast 1948(1)
Works Cited
1.Latridiidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: New records, keys to identification, new synonyms, distribution, and zoogeography
Majka C.G., Langor D., Rücker W.H. 2009. The Canadian Entomologist 141: 317‒370.
Contributed by v belov on 6 December, 2010 - 10:36am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 13 December, 2014 - 12:40pm

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