Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Beetles (Coleoptera)
»
Polyphaga
»
Series Elateriformia
»
Byrrhoidea
»
Pill Beetles (Byrrhidae)
»
Byrrhinae
»
Simplocariini
»
Simplocaria
»
Simplocaria semistriata
Species
Simplocaria semistriata
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily
Byrrhoidea
Family
Byrrhidae (Pill Beetles)
Subfamily
Byrrhinae
Tribe
Simplocariini
Genus
Simplocaria
Species
semistriata
(Simplocaria semistriata)
Explanation of Names
Simplocaria semistriata
(Fabricius 1794)
Range
native to Europe, adventive and widespread in NA (NF-ON-MN to MD-OH; also BC)
(
1
)
; the
NC record
in the Guide is a notable range extension
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NS 1913
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Johnson P.J. (-2013) Project Byrrhus
2.
The Byrrhidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada
C.G. Majka, D. Langor. 2011. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society. 7: 32-43.
Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 11 October, 2006 - 10:33pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
Phillip Harpootlian
,
v belov
Last updated 10 April, 2012 - 7:35pm