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Rhizophagus cylindricus

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Rhizophagus cylindricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Monotomidae
Genus: Rhizophagus
Species:
R. cylindricus
Binomial name
Rhizophagus cylindricus
LeConte, 1866

Rhizophagus cylindricus is a species of root-eating beetle in the family Monotomidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Geographical range

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R. cylindricus is found across the United States. More specifically, from New York to Georgia, and west to Ohio and Alabama.[4]

Description

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R. cylindricus is usually 2.0-5.0 mm in length. It is a narrow beetle of a darkened reddish brown. Appendages are a red/yellow. The bases of its front legs are widened; antenna clubbed. The mouthparts of males are long (mandibles), while the that of the females are more normal.[4]

Habitat

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This beetle is commonly found under the bark of pine trees.

Diet

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Not much is known regarding the diet of R. cylindricus, but Rhizophagus generally eats fungi and dead insects.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rhizophagus cylindricus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Rhizophagus cylindricus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ a b c V. Evans, Arthur (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 281. ISBN 978 0 691 13304 1.

Further reading

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  • Bousquet, Yves (1990). "A review of the North American species of Rhizophagus Herbst and a revision of the Nearctic members of the subgenus Anomophagus Reitter (Coleoptera: Rhizophagidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 122 (1): 131–171. doi:10.4039/Ent122131-1.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
  • V. Evans, Arthur (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 281. ISBN 978 0 691 13304 1.