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Genus Bacanius

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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 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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