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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ocellate Rove Beetles (Omaliinae) » Anthophagini » Eucnecosum

Genus Eucnecosum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Eucnecosum brunnescens (Sahlberg) - Eucnecosum brunnescens Pribilof Rove Beetle - Eucnecosum brachypterum Pribilof Rove Beetle - Eucnecosum brachypterum Pribilof Rove Beetle - Eucnecosum brachypterum Pribilof Rove Beetle - Eucnecosum brachypterum Pribilof Rove Beetle - Eucnecosum brachypterum Pribilof Rove Beetle - Eucnecosum brachypterum Pribilof Rove Beetle - Eucnecosum brachypterum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)
Tribe Anthophagini
Genus Eucnecosum
Explanation of Names
Eucnecosum Reitter 1909
Numbers
3 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
circumboreal; in NA, south to ME-n.NY-MI + montane in the Rockies; all 3 spp. are holarctic(1)
Habitat
forest & tundra litter; occasionally in bird nests(1)
Food
larvae & adults predaceous(1)
Life Cycle
some spp. overwinter as adults(1)
Remarks
most individual are flightless, but some are fully winged(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 16 December, 2011 - 8:25pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 April, 2013 - 4:32pm

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