Biology:Margarinotus ephemeralis

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Margarinotus ephemeralis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Genus: Margarinotus
Subgenus: Paralister
Species:
M. ephemeralis
Binomial name
Margarinotus ephemeralis
Caterino, 2010[1]

Margarinotus ephemeralis is a species of clown beetle in the family Histeridae.[2][3][4] It is currently only known from southern California.[1][3][4]

Description

The body is oblong oval and measures 3.8–5.2 mm (0.1–0.2 in) in length (from anterior margin of pronotum to posterior margin of elytra) and 2.7–3.2 mm (0.1–0.1 in) in width. The elytra have five striae; the first three are complete, the fourth is complete or slightly abbreviated, and the fifth is present in apical half or less, and may be nearly absent. The prothorax has convergent, arcuate sides; the pronotum has a single lateral stria. Margarinotus ephemeralis is very similar to Margarinotus remotus, but differ in the pronotal punctuation.[1]

Ecology

Some specimens were collected from the burrow entrances of California ground squirrel, and others from temporary pools where they presumably had been flooded out of burrows. This species might be an obligate inquiline of California ground squirrel burrows.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Caterino, Michael S. (2010). "A review of California Margarinotus Marseul (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae: Histerini), with descriptions of two new species". The Coleopterists Bulletin 64 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-64.1.1. 
  2. "Margarinotus ephemeralis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=808125. Retrieved 2019-09-25. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Margarinotus ephemeralis". https://www.gbif.org/species/5996184. Retrieved 2019-09-25. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14882564 entry