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Suterina

Suterina microcephala

W. Eugene Hall
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Suterina microcephala habitus
Containing group: Nanosellini

Introduction

Suterina (=Suterella Dybas: 1961) is currently composed of 1 described (Dybas, 1961) and a few undescribed species from North and Central America. Though nanosellines are usually associated with polypore fungi, members of this genus exist in leaf litter or bark at the base of trees.

As with most nanosellines, Suterina can at times be abundant. For example, a Berlese sample consisting of "moss, bark, subcortex on trunk" of a tree from Panama yielded 400+ individuals.

Species can be separated by the variable form of the spermatheca, as well as shape of the mesosternal process.

Characteristics

Suterina is distinguished from other ptiliids by the unusually elongate, somewhat reduced head, and anteriorly narrow pronotum (Dybas, 1961, 1990).

Geographic Distribution and Habitat

Suterina microcephala occurs in the eastern/southern regions of the United States (Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Georgia), inhabiting forest floor leaf-litter.

Other Names for Suterina microcephala

References

Dybas, H.S. 1961. Two new genera of feather-wing beetles from the eastern United States. Fieldiana. 34: 441-448.

Dybas, H.S. 1990. Ptiliidae. in Soil Biology Guide. Daniel L. Dindal, editor. Wiley-Interscience, New York.

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Suterina microcephala habitus
Scientific Name Suterina microcephala
Location Florida
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