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Species Bitoma crenata

red and black beetle - Bitoma crenata Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Bitoma crenata Red and Black Beetle - Bitoma crenata Bitoma crenata (Fabricius, 1775) - Bitoma crenata Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Bitoma crenata Bitoma - Bitoma crenata Bitoma crenata? - Bitoma crenata Bitoma crenata West - Bitoma crenata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
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
mostly adventive across n. n. NA (NB-PA to BC-WA) - Map (2)(3)(4)(5), native to the Palaearctic (Europe to Mongolia)
Habitat
under bark of dead hardwood and conifer logs infested with fungus, sometimes in large numbers(1)
Season
year-round(1)