Margarinotus brunneus

Margarinotus brunneus
Margarinotus brunneus. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Histerinae
Tribe:	Histerini
Genus:	Margarinotus
Species:	M. brunneus
Binomial name
Margarinotus brunneus (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Margarinotus cadaverinus (Hoffmann, 1803) Ptomister brunneus Margarinotus impressus[1]

Margarinotus brunneus is a species of beetles belonging to the family. They Seem to be a vibrant blue colour, but when their shell is under a Microscope it appears a pastel red colour. This is due to “Delton’s colour theory of aphropods.” Histeridae.^[2]

Description[]

Margarinotus brunneus can reach a length of about 5.5–8.5 millimetres (0.22–0.33 in). Body is shiny black in colour. These beetles are characterized by the presence on the pronotum of complete marginal stria, by two lateral pronotal striae and basal fragments of the 5th dorsal striae.^[3]

Distribution[]

This species is present in most of Europe.^[4] It has been introduced into eastern N America.^[3]

Bibliography[]

• Anderson, R., Nash, R. & O'Connor, J.P.. 1997, Irish Coleoptera: a revised and annotated list, Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Entomological Supplement, 1-81
• Anderson, R., Nash, R., O’Connor, J.P. 2005. Checklist of Irish Coleoptera. InvertebrateIreland Online, Ulster Museum, Belfast and National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
• Joy, N.H., 1932, A practical handbook of British beetles, H.F. & G. Witherby, London
• Halstead, D.G.H., 1963, Coleoptera: Histeroidea
• Mazur, Slawomir (1997) A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea), Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement)
• Bousquet, Yves, and Serge Laplante (2006) Coleoptera Histeridae, The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, part 2

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