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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Handsome Fungus Beetles (Endomychidae) » Merophysiinae » Holoparamecus

Genus Holoparamecus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited
Holoparamecus caularum Aubé - Holoparamecus caularum Very minute beetle... - Holoparamecus caularum Holoparamecus sp. - Holoparamecus caularum ID help? - Holoparamecus Holoparamecus, via Berlese funnel. - Holoparamecus Holoparamecus, via Berlese funnel. - Holoparamecus Holoparamecus, via Berlese funnel. - Holoparamecus Holoparamecus caularum - male
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 Endomychidae (Handsome Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Merophysiinae
Genus Holoparamecus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
used to be treated in the Latridiidae or Merophysiinae
Explanation of Names
Holoparamecus Curtis 1833
Numbers
6 spp. in our area (of which 4 probably non-native, marked + below), 60 total(1)
US records include: +H. caularum CA FL MI · +H. depressus CA GA NY · H. floridanus FL · H. pacificus CA · +H. ragusae IN MO PA · +H. singularis CA NY; no records in Canada(2)
Range
worldwide in warmer climes, incl. many scattered records across the US(1)
Habitat
some spp. are found in stored products and may be considered pests
Print References
Photo of H. caularum(3)
Works Cited
1.An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.
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.Borowiec L. (2007-) Iconographia Coleopterorum Poloniae
Contributed by Richard Lareau on 24 March, 2007 - 2:56pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 February, 2015 - 10:42am

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