Biology:Simplocaria metallica
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Byrrhidae |
| Genus: | Simplocaria |
| Species: | S. metallica
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| Simplocaria metallica (Sturm, 1807)
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Simplocaria metallica is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.[1][2][3]
S. metallica is an obligate herbivore, often feeding from three main moss species: Pohlia filum, Ceratodon purpureus, and Bryum arcticum. Data suggests that this diet is shared between males and females, preferring the moss genera, Pohlia.[4]
References
- ↑ "Simplocaria metallica Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=728052.
- ↑ "Simplocaria metallica". https://www.gbif.org/species/1033748.
- ↑ "Simplocaria metallica species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/474444.
- ↑ Hågvar, Sigmund; Pedersen, Arne (2015-08-01). "Food Choice of Invertebrates During Early Glacier Foreland Succession". Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 47 (3): 561–572. doi:10.1657/AAAR0014-046. ISSN 1523-0430. https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0014-046.
Further reading
- Lawrence, John F.; Slipinski, Adam; Jäger, Olaf; Pütz, Andreas (2013). "The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species". Zootaxa 3745 (3): 301–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.1. PMID 25113351. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264712367.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2039780 entry
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