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Species Omonadus floralis - Narrow-necked Grain Beetle

Antlike Flower Beetle - Omonadus floralis

Omonadus floralis (Linneaus) - Omonadus floralis

Narrow-necked Grain Beetle - Omonadus floralis

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 Anthicidae (Antlike Flower Beetles)

Subfamily Anthicinae

Genus Omonadus

Species floralis (Narrow-necked Grain Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Omonadus floralis (Linnaeus)

Orig. Comb: Anthicus floralis Linnaeus 1758

Size

2.7–3.5 mm(1)

Identification

"head base is wide and indented" - Donald S. Chandler, 2010

Range

cosmopolitan(1), n. NA (NF-AK) to Argentina & Chile; native to tropical Asia - Map (2)(3)

Remarks

world's most commonly reported anthicid associated with stored products(4); infests grain and dried fruit(1)

Internet References

Species page(5)

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

2.	Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae -- Chapter 8.5 Denux O., Zagatti P. 2010. BioRisk 4: 315–406.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.

5.	WCG – Website of the Watford Coleoptera Group

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 June, 2006 - 7:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 July, 2022 - 11:46pm

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