Laccobius minutus

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 46 meters (149 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Laccobius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. striatulus (Tt.)

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Further Reading

• A guide to the natural history of the Isle of Wight: a series of contributions by specialists relating to the various branches of natural history and kindred subjects / edited by Frank Morey. Newport, Isle of Wight: The County Press, 1909. url p. 336.
• Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki: Societas, 1875-1980. url p. 27, p. 57.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 217.
• Catalogue of the coleopterous insects of the Canaries, in the collection of the British museum. By T. Vernon Wollaston. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1864. url p. 641, p. 90.
• Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] url p. 66.
• Coleoptera Atlantidum, being an enumeration of the coleopterous insects of the Madeiras, Salvages, and Canaries. London, Van Voorst, 1865. url p. 129, p. 77.
• Coleoptera Hesperidum: being an enumeration of the coleopterous insects of the Cape Verde archipelago / London: J. Van Voorst, 1867. url p. 42.
• Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area, ed. by G.F. Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie and J. Barclay Murdoch. Glasgow, Pub. by the local committee for the meeting of the British Association, 1901. url p. 279.
• Forests and forestry of northern Russia and lands beyond / comp. by John Croumbie Brown. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; [etc., etc.]1884- url p. 251.
• Insecta maderensia; being an account of the insects of the islands of the Madeiran group. By T. Vernon Wollaston. London, J. Van Voorst, 1854. url p. 627, p. 95.
• Midland naturalist. London: Hardwicke and Bogue, 1878- url p. 84.
• Newman's entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1869-1876] url p. 362.
• Proceedings and transactions of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London: The Society. url p. 56.
• Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1841- url p. 3.
• Reports on zoology for 1843, 1844 / Tr. from the German by George Busk, Alfred Tulk, esq., and Alexander H. Haliday, esq. London: Printed for the Ray society, 1847. url p. 336.
• The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. url p. 221, p. 221, p. 85.
• The British Coleoptera delineated, consisting of figures of all the genera of British beetles, drawn in outline by W. Spry, M.E.S., ed. by W.E. Shuckard. London: H.G. Bohn, 1861. url p. 32.
• The Coleoptera of the British islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, with notes as to localities, habitats, etc. / by the Rev. W. W. Fowler. London: L. Reeve & co., 1887-1913. url p. 228.
• The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url p. 139, p. 159, p. 162, p. 174, p. 204, p. 217, p. 35, p. 71, p. 86, p. 90.
• The Hope reports. Oxford: Printed for private circulation, 1897-1958. url p. 4, p. 60.
• The Irish naturalist. Dublin: Eason & Son, Ltd., 1892- url p. 122, p. 37.
• The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] url p. 91, p. 92.
• The Victoria history of the county of Kent; ed. by William Page. London, Constable, 1908- url p. 130.
• The history of Glanville's Wootton, in the County of dorset, including its zoology and botany / by C.W. Dale. London, Hatchards, 1878. url p. 86.
• The museum of natural history, with introductory essay on the natural history of the primeval world: being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the animal kingdom, quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects d by Sir John Richardson, William S. Dallas, T. Spencer Cobbold, and William Baird & Adam White. Edinburgh: William MacKenzie, [1869?] url p. 212.
• The naturalist. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1865- url p. 205.
• Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Newcastle-upon-Tyne [et al.]F. & W. Dodsworth [et al.]1865/67-1973. url p. 67.
• Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide, Australia: The Society, 1890-1903. url p. 67.
• Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: F. & W. Dodsworth, 1850-1864. url p. 71.
• Works on forestry [by] J.C. Brown. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; [etc., etc.]1883-87. url p. 251.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 24, 2007:

• UK National Biodiversity Network, Balfour-Browne Club - Water Beetle Surveys from Britain and Ireland

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6605380
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2888579
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 625947

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 101.710 based on 6,605 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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