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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Blaptinae » Pedinini » Leichenina » Leichenum » Madagascar Beetle (Leichenum canaliculatum) » Madagascar Beetle (Leichenum canaliculatum variegatum)

Subspecies Leichenum canaliculatum variegatum - Madagascar Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle, maybe a weevil? - Leichenum canaliculatum Leichenum canaliculatum ? - Leichenum canaliculatum Leichenum canaliculatum Florida Beetle for ID - Leichenum canaliculatum Florida Beetle for ID - Leichenum canaliculatum Madagascar Beetle - Leichenum canaliculatum unknown - Leichenum canaliculatum
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 Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Blaptinae
Tribe Pedinini
Subtribe Leichenina
Genus Leichenum
Species canaliculatum (Madagascar Beetle)
Subspecies variegatum (Madagascar Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leichenum variegatum
Explanation of Names
Leichenum canaliculatum variegatum (Klug 1833)
Size
4‒5 mm(1)
Range
native to ?Madagascar, has spread to warmer areas around the globe, adventive in our area (NC‒FL‒*TX)(2)(*own specimen =v=)
Habitat
on sandy soil (beaches, dry dunes, shorelines, &c.) under litter/debris; adults come to light(2)(3)
Food
probably roots(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: AL 1906(3)
Internet References
species profile (Dunford & Steiner 2007)(3)
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
3.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 4 June, 2006 - 8:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 December, 2024 - 1:32pm

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