Species Genistogethes carinulatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Perhaps Kateretidae? - Genistogethes carinulatus

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 (Nitidulid series)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Subfamily Meligethinae (Pollen Beetles)

Genus Genistogethes

Species carinulatus (Genistogethes carinulatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Meligethes carinulatus, Meligthes erythropus

Explanation of Names

Genistogethes carinulatus (Förster 1849)

Size

usually slightly under 2 mm.

Identification

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The species is quite similar to Fabogethes nigrescens; usually front legs are paler than others (not sufficient for discrimination). First sternite with impressed lines in middle well distant from hind margin of metacoxae (see fig. 2 for understanding). In males, metasternum widely, distinctly impressed in center; last sternite with raised, transverse ridge, this ridge slightly bent forwards in middle, about as long as 1/3rd of basal width of sternite.

Range

native to w. Palaearctic(1), adventive in our area (BC)(2)

Food

in Europe: Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus, Fabaceae)

Works Cited

1.	Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Audisio P., Cline A.R., De Biase A., et al. 2009. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49: 341–504.

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.

Contributed by v belov on 3 March, 2014 - 11:12pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 27 August, 2018 - 4:07am

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