Species Laricobius erichsoni

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Derodontoidea

Family Derodontidae (Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles)

Genus Laricobius

Species erichsoni (Laricobius erichsoni)

Explanation of Names

Laricobius erichsoni Rosenhauer 1846

Size

2.0-2.5 mm(1)

Range

native to Europe(2), introduced deliberately in ne. & nw. NA (NF-NB-ME; BC-OR)(3)(1)

Food

preys on Cinara spp. & related conifer aphids(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: NB 1951 (released for biocontrol purposes)(4)

Works Cited

1.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

2.	Coleoptera Poloniae

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.	The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia) C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.

Contributed by v belov on 12 February, 2014 - 3:39pm

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