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Species Omonadus formicarius

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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 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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