Biology:Rhyzodiastes burnsi
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Rhyzodiastes burnsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Rhyzodiastes |
| Species: | R. burnsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhyzodiastes burnsi (Charles G. Oke)
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Rhyzodiastes burnsi is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae.[1] It was described by Charles G. Oke in 1932,[1][2][3] as Rhysodes burnsi.[4][3] It is found in New South Wales in coastal zones[4] The type locality is Mount Wilson, New South Wales.[4][2] Rhyzodiastes burnsi measure 7 mm (0.28 in) in length.[2]
This beetle is terrestrial and found on rotting wood in closed forests.[4] Both adults and larvae are burrowers and feed on fungi.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rhyzodiastes burnsi (Oike, 1932)". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4SXWJ.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bell, Ross T.; Bell, Joyce R. (1985). "Rhysodini of the World. Part IV. Revisions of Rhyzodiastes Fairmaire and Clinidium Kirby, with new species in other genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae 21 (1): 1–172. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/204372.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oke, C. (1932). "Notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. II". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57: 148-172 [148 text fig. 1]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34961732.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Australian Faunal Directory: Rhyzodiastes (Rhyzoarca) burnsi". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Rhyzodiastes_%28Rhyzoarca%29_burnsi.
Wikidata ☰ Q14274770 entry
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