Species Omonadus formicarius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Ant-like Flower Beetle - Omonadus formicarius

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 formicarius (Omonadus formicarius)

Explanation of Names

Omonadus formicarius (Goeze 1777)

Size

3.0‒3.5 mm(1)

Range

native to w. Palaearctic, now cosmopolitan; adventive and widespread in NA (throughout so.Canada & US)(1)(2)(3)

Habitat

mostly riparian situations, occasionally in stored grain(3)

Remarks

must have been established in NA long before 1895, when Casey produced three junior synonyms of it

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

3.	The Anthicidae and Ischaliidae of Atlantic Canada Majka C.G. 2011. J. Acad. Ent. Soc. 7: 50-64.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 June, 2006 - 11:33pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 December, 2023 - 12:34pm

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