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Species Adistemia watsoni - Household Fungus Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Latridiinae
Genus Adistemia
Species watsoni (Household Fungus Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Adistemia watsoni (Wollaston 1871)
Size
1.3-1.5 mm
Identification
Body elongate and depressed, pronotum without longitudinal ridges, head well produced in front of eyes. Eyes distant from rear margin of head (diagnostic vs. similar genera Dienerella & Acalyptoischion)
Range
cosmopolitan, spread by commerce(1)
Habitat
mainly in homes; common household pest known to infest a variety of moldy materials and to occur outdoors (decaying potatoes)(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet by C. McLellan(3)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
3.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 December, 2006 - 5:41am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2013 - 3:54am

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