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Species Silvanus bidentatus

silvanid flier - Silvanus bidentatus beetle - Silvanus bidentatus Silvanidae - Silvanus bidentatus Silvanus? - Silvanus bidentatus Silvanus? - Silvanus bidentatus Silvanus? - Silvanus bidentatus Monotoma? - Silvanus bidentatus Silvanid - Silvanus bidentatus
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 Silvanidae (Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Silvaninae
Genus Silvanus
Species bidentatus (Silvanus bidentatus)
Explanation of Names
Silvanus bidentatus (Fabricius 1792)
Size
2.54-3.49 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA and widespread in ne. US, adjacent Canada (NS-ON), in TX, and along the Pacific Coast(2)(3)(4)(5)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: 1910(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet (McCaffrey 2011)(1)
Works Cited
1.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
2.The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada
C.G. Majka. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 221-238.
3.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.
4.California Beetle Project
5.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 November, 2006 - 5:13pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 7 January, 2015 - 7:40am

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