Haeterius blanchardi
Haeterius blanchardi is a species of clown beetle in the family Histeridae.[1][2] These beetles are native to the United States, and have been found in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.[3][4]
| Haeterius blanchardi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Histeridae |
| Genus: | Haeterius |
| Species: | H. blanchardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Haeterius blanchardi J. L. LeConte, 1878 | |
Haeterius blanchardi is a Myrmecophily species, living in colonies of the ant species Formica pallidefulva. The larvae remain undescribed, but likely develop in the nests of the host ants.[3][4]
References
- "Haeterius blanchardi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- "Haeterius blanchardi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- "Haeterius blanchardi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- "Haeterius". antwiki.org. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
Further reading
- Bousquet, Yves; Laplante, Serge (2006). Coleoptera Histeridae. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. part 24. NRC Press. ISBN 0-660-19399-X. ISSN 0706-7313.
- Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. ISBN 87-88757-31-5.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Majka, Christopher G. (2008). "Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (2): 189–202. doi:10.3897/zookeys.2.3. ISSN 1313-2989.
- Mazur, Slawomir (1997). A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea). Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement). Polish Taxonomical Society. ISBN 83-902025-8-1.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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