Published September 4, 2008 | Version v1
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Heteroceridae MacLeay 1825

  • 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada

Description

Heteroceridae

Adult heterocerids are commonly associated with riparian or other water-edge habitats where they excavate tunnels in sand or mud. Th ey feed on algae, plankton, and organic matter (Katovich 2002).

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher, 2008, The aquatic Coleoptera of Prince Edward Island, Canada: new records and faunal composition, pp. 239-260 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 254, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.25, http://zenodo.org/record/576401

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Biodiversity

Family
Heteroceridae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
MacLeay
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 sec. Majka, 2008

References

  • Katovich K (2002) Heteroceridae MacLeay 1825. In: Arnett RH, Jr, Th omas MC, Skelley PE, Frank JH (Eds) American Beetles, 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 127 - 132.