Simplocaria metallica

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Simplocaria metallica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Byrrhidae
Genus: Simplocaria
Species:
S. metallica
Binomial name
Simplocaria metallica
(Sturm, 1807)

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]

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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]

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Byrrhidae, the pill beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea. They are generally found in damp habitats within cooler-high latitude regions of both hemispheres. Most byrhhids feed on moss, lichens and algae, though some species feed on vascular plants. The oldest undoubted record of the family is Lidryops from the earliest Late Cretaceous Charentese amber of France, with other less certain records going back to the Middle Jurassic, but these possibly belong to Byrrhoidea. There around 500 extant species in 40 genera.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simplocariini</span> Tribe of beetles

Simplocariini is a tribe of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are about 9 genera and more than 40 described species in Simplocariini.

<i>Arctobyrrhus</i> Genus of beetles

Arctobyrrhus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least two described species in Arctobyrrhus.

Byrrhus concolor is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Lioon nezperce is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Lioon is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least four described species in Lioon.

<i>Cytilus</i> Genus of beetles

Cytilus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are about eight described species in Cytilus.

Listemus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least four described species in Listemus.

<i>Simplocaria semistriata</i> Species of beetle

Simplocaria semistriata is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.

<i>Simplocaria</i> Genus of beetles

Simplocaria is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are more than 30 described species in Simplocaria.

Byrrhus cyclophorus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Listemus kootenai is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Exomella merickeli is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Morychus oblongus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Eusomalia is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There is one described species in Eusomalia, E. lecontei.

<i>Porcinolus</i> Genus of beetles

Porcinolus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least three described species in Porcinolus.

Lioon simplicipes is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Byrrhus eximius is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Byrrhus geminatus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

<i>Cytilus alternatus</i> Species of beetle

Cytilus alternatus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

References

  1. ↑ "Simplocaria metallica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Simplocaria metallica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ↑ 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.

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