Species Bitoma crenata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

Cylindrical Bark Beetle - 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)

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.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2006 - 2:57pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 July, 2024 - 12:00pm

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