Species Corticaria serrata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Corticaria serrata

Corticaria serrata? - Corticaria serrata

Latridiidae - Corticaria serrata? - Corticaria serrata

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 Corticariinae

Genus Corticaria

Species serrata (Corticaria serrata)

Explanation of Names

Corticaria serrata (Paykull 1798)

Size

1.7-2.3 mm(1)

Identification

10-12 large tooth-like serrations along the entire lateral pronotal margin separates it from other described Corticaria of NA

tempora very short, pronotum moderately transverse with fairly deep round basal fovea, color dull reddish brown to piceorufous, appendages somewhat paler

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive in the New World(1) and now widespread in NA (across Canada south to FL-IN-NE-CA)(1) [treated as non-native in Europe in(2)]

Habitat

stored products, incl. grain; mouldy plant debris in stables and outdoors; reared from dead conifer wood; on fungi(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: before 1825(1)

Internet References

Fact sheet(3)

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.

2.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

3.	PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 June, 2006 - 1:16pm
Additional contributions by Charlene Wood, v belov
Last updated 13 December, 2014 - 1:08pm

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