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Rhizophagus minutus

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Rhizophagus minutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Monotomidae
Genus: Rhizophagus
Species:
R. minutus
Binomial name
Rhizophagus minutus
Mannerheim, 1853

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

Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Rhizophagus minutus:

  • Rhizophagus minutus minutus Mannerheim, 1853
  • Rhizophagus minutus rotundicollis Bousquet, 1990

References

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  1. ^ "Rhizophagus minutus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Rhizophagus minutus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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.