Species Enicmus histrio

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 Latridiinae

Genus Enicmus

Species histrio (Enicmus histrio)

Explanation of Names

Enicmus histrio Joy & Tomlin 1910

Size

1.4–1.7 mm(1)

Range

native to and widespread across the Palaearctic; adventive in our area (NS-NB)(1)(2)

Remarks

first NA record: NS 1996(1)

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.	New Coleoptera records for New Brunswick, Canada: Kateretidae, Nitidulidae, Cerylonidae, Endomychidae, Coccinellidae, and Latrid Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 179: 193-214.

Contributed by v belov on 28 October, 2011 - 11:21am
Last updated 13 December, 2014 - 1:37pm

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