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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Dendrophilinae » Bacaniini » Bacanius

Genus Bacanius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
New smallest beetle! - Bacanius punctiformis Minute Hister - Bacanius Minute Hister - Bacanius Tiny beetle extracted from wood chip compost - Bacanius Bacanius punctiformis? from a piece of oak log - Bacanius Hydrophiloidea – Clown Beetles – Histeridae – Dendrophilinae – Bacaniini - Bacanius - Bacanius Beetle - Bacanius Beetle - Bacanius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Dendrophilinae
Tribe Bacaniini
Genus Bacanius
Explanation of Names
Bacanius J.L. LeConte 1853
Numbers
7 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area(1), 90 spp. in 6 subgenera worldwide
Range
in NA, e. US + ON and the Pacific states(1)
Habitat
leaf litter, decaying wood(1)
Food
purportedly, fungal spores (unlike most histerids, which are predators) (Kovarik & Caterino 2005)(2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 May, 2006 - 5:05pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 10:42am

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