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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 » Ephistemus » Ephistemus globulus

Species Ephistemus globulus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Small Brown Beetle - Ephistemus globulus LRB... - Ephistemus globulus Orthoperus atomus Gyllenhal - Ephistemus globulus Orthoperus atomus Gyllenhal - Ephistemus globulus Tiny beetle - Phalacridae? - Ephistemus globulus Limnichidae? - Ephistemus globulus Sonora2 J39 - Ephistemus globulus Modesto2 J22 - Ephistemus globulus
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 Ephistemus
Species globulus (Ephistemus globulus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=apicalis LeConte
Explanation of Names
Ephistemus globulus (Paykull 1798)
Size
0.9-1.4 mm(1)
Range
native to (and widespread across) Europe(2), prob. adventive in NA (ON, BC, ne. US)(3)
Remarks
"very likely introduced in North America and not a truly Holarctic species" -Yves Bousquet, pers. comm. to =v=, 29.ii.2012
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
Contributed by v belov on 29 February, 2012 - 1:36am
Last updated 11 January, 2015 - 9:44pm

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