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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Cylindrical Bark Beetles (Colydiinae) » Synchitini » Bitoma » Bitoma crenata

Species Bitoma crenata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Red-spotted beetle - Bitoma crenata Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Bitoma crenata Bitoma crenata (Fabricius, 1775) - Bitoma crenata Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Bitoma crenata Bitoma sp.? - Bitoma crenata Bitoma crenata West - Bitoma crenata Bitoma crenata cylindrical bark beetles - Bitoma crenata - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Colydiinae (Cylindrical Bark Beetles)
Tribe Synchitini
Genus Bitoma
Species crenata (Bitoma crenata)
Explanation of Names
Bitoma crenata (Fabricius 1775)
Size
2.6-3.5 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (Europe to Mongolia), adventive in NA (NB-ON-IN; WA)(2)(3)(4)
Habitat
under bark of dead hardwood and conifer logs infested with fungus, sometimes in large numbers(1)
Season
year-round(1)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Lord N.P., Nearns E.H., Miller K.B. (2011-2013) Ironclad ID
3.Coleoptera Poloniae
4.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2006 - 2:57pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 February, 2015 - 9:58am

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