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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Atomariinae » Atomariini » Atomaria

Genus Atomaria

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Atomaria sp.? - Atomaria lewisi Silken Fungus Beetle - Atomaria atrata Taking a break from Carabids and Hydrophilids! - Atomaria Beetle - Atomaria lewisi Atomaria mesomela ? - Atomaria mesomela Atomaria? - Atomaria Atomaria? - Atomaria Cucujoidea – Silken Fungus Beetles - Cryptophagidae – Atomariinae – Atomariini - Atomaria
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Cryptophagidae (Silken Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Atomariinae
Tribe Atomariini
Genus Atomaria
Explanation of Names
Atomaria Stephens 1829
Numbers
>100 spp. worldwide, likely ~70 in our area
10 species are known in Atlantic Canada alone(1)
Size
1‒2 mm
Identification
a key to spp. with habitus photos of all 10 spp. known in Atlantic Canada is provided in(1) ‒covers all the common ne.NA species.
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(2)
See Also
Toramus are superficially similar
Works Cited
1.The Atomariinae of Atlantic Canada, by Christopher Majka
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 3 July, 2006 - 2:30pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Tim Moyer, v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2024 - 10:37pm

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