Species Euglenes pygmaeus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Euglenesini

Genus Euglenes

Species pygmaeus (Euglenes pygmaeus)

Explanation of Names

Euglenes pygmaeus (De Geer 1775)

Size

2.5‒3 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread in Europe (to se.Caucasus), adventive in NA (BC ON)(2)

Habitat

larvae in dead, fungus-infested wood; adults on stumps/limbs, under loose bark, in rotten wood, humus, leaf litter at tree bases(3)

Season

overwinters as larvae; adults leave pupal cells during late May‒Jun(3)

Remarks

local and uncommon within its native range(3)

"I have collected multiple female specimens... at lights over the course of a month last summer" (Comment by Tim Loh)

Works Cited

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

2.	The Aderidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the USA and Canada Gompel N. 2024. Col. Bull. 78(mo20): 1–84.

3.	Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by Tim Loh on 21 February, 2011 - 5:03pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Nicolas Gompel, v belov
Last updated 16 December, 2024 - 7:06pm

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