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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Saprininae » Myrmetini » Gnathoncus » Gnathoncus rotundatus

Species Gnathoncus rotundatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Gnathoncus rotundatus (Kugelann) - Gnathoncus rotundatus Gnathoncus rotundatus (Kugelann) - Gnathoncus rotundatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Saprininae
Tribe Myrmetini
Genus Gnathoncus
Species rotundatus (Gnathoncus rotundatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gnathoncus nanus (Scriba 1790), Gnathoncus ovatulus Casey 1916
Explanation of Names
Gnathoncus rotundatus (Kugelann 1792)
Size
1.8‒3.0 mm(1)
Range
considered cosmopolitan; native to, and widespread in the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA (transcontinental) & many places worldwide(1)(2)
Habitat
synanthropic; associated with bird nests/roosts(3), especially in tree holes, but regularly occurs outside nests on various kinds of decomposing organic matter in forests and farm areas(4)(1); within the native range, also in mammal burrows(2)
Remarks
earliest NA record: 1844(3)
Internet References
Species pages: Tishechkin (2007)(4) | Ohara (2003)(5)
Works Cited
1.The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 24. Coleoptera Histeridae
Bousquet Y., Laplante S. 2006. NRC Research press, Ottawa. 485 pp.
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)
C.G. Majka. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 189-202.
4.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
5.Ôhara M. (2009-) Emma-mushi: database of the superfamily Histeroidea
Contributed by v belov on 22 February, 2012 - 5:53am
Last updated 1 September, 2024 - 6:08pm

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