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Species Micropsephodes lundgreni

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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 Micropsephodes
Species lundgreni (Micropsephodes lundgreni)
Explanation of Names
Micropsephodes lundgreni Leschen & Carlton 2000
named after R.W. Lundgren who collected a series in his backyard (Leschen & Carlton 2000)
Size
1.0-1.2 mm (Leschen & Carlton 2000)
Range
se. US (NC-FL to TN-LA)(1), plus OK (2)
Season
Mostly Apr-Nov (Shockley et al. 2008)
Print References
Leschen R.A.B., Carlton C.E. (2000) A new species of Micropsephodes from southern United States (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Anamorphinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 54: 232–238. Abstract
Shockley F.W., Ulyshen M.D., Lord N.P. (2008) New distributional records and natural history notes for Micropsephodes lundgreni Leschen and Carlton (Coleoptera: Endomychidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 62(3): 350-352. Full text
Works Cited
1.An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.
2.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by v belov on 20 March, 2011 - 12:51pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 31 May, 2015 - 11:05am

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