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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Minute Clubbed Beetles (Monotomidae) » Monotominae » Monotoma » Monotoma testacea

Species Monotoma testacea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Monotoma testacea - female Monotomid? - Monotoma testacea Monotomid? - Monotoma testacea Monotomid? - Monotoma testacea Monotoma, maybe not bicolor - Monotoma testacea
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Family Monotomidae (Minute Clubbed Beetles)
Subfamily Monotominae
Genus Monotoma
Species testacea (Monotoma testacea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Monotoma quadraria Casey 1916
Explanation of Names
Monotoma testacea Motschulsky 1845
Size
1.8-2.2 mm(1)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA (QC-AB to MD-KS-TX-CA) and elsewhere (S. America, New Zealand)(1)(2)(3)
Habitat
rotting plant debris, incl. compost, hay/straw(3); mills/granaries(1)
Season
more often collected during fall/winter(3)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic review of the Canadian species of the genus Monotoma Herbst (Coleoptera: Monotomidae)
Bousquet Y., LaPlante S. (1999). 2000. Proc. Ent. Soc. Ontario 130: 67-96.
2.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.
3.Coleoptera Poloniae
Contributed by v belov on 14 February, 2014 - 4:59am
Last updated 14 February, 2014 - 6:50am

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