Colon (bille)

Colon er en slekt av jordbiller med et skjult, underjordisk levesett. Mange arter finnes i gangene til gnagere og andre små pattedyr.

Utseende 
Små, avlange, fint hårete, vanligvis matt brunlige biller. Hodet er oftest kraftig innskåret bak fasettøynene, med en smal hals, men dette kan være vanskelig å se da billene gjerne trekker hodet inn under brystskjoldet. Antennene er forholdsvis korte og gradvis utvidet utover, uten en klart definert kølle eller påfallende små ledd. Beina er kraftige og ofte tilpasset graving.

Levevis 
Artene lever vanligvis under bakkenivå og finnes særlig i ganger og bol av gnagere og andre småpattedyr, der de trolig lever av avfall.
De er en gruppe man sjelden ser, men som neppe er sjeldne.

Systematisk inndeling 

 Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
 Underordenen Polyphaga
 Overfamilien åtsel- og rovbiller, Staphylinoidea
 Familien mycelbiller, Leiodidae Fleming, 1821
 Underfamilien jordbiller, jordmycelbiller, Coloninae Horn, 1880
 Slekten Colon Herbst, 1797  – 11 arter funnet i Norge

Liste over artene 

 Colon aedeagosum Hatch, 1957
 Colon affine Sturm, 1839
 Colon alticola Szymczakowski, 1981
 Colon angulare Erichson, 1837
 Colon angulicolle Szymczakowski, 1964
 Colon antennatum Szymczakowski, 1964
 Colon appendiculatum (Sahlberg, 1822)
 Colon arcticum Munster, 1911
 Colon arcum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon armipes Kraatz, 1854
 Colon asperatum Horn, 1880
 Colon barcelonicum Pic, 1908
 Colon barnevillei Kraatz, 1858
 Colon basale Hatch, 1957
 Colon beszedesi Depoli, 1915
 Colon bidentatum (Sahlberg, 1834)
 Colon bisinuatum Szymczakowski, 1967
 Colon blatchleyi Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon boreale Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon brachycneme Szymczakowski, 1964
 Colon brincki Schweiger, 1960
 Colon brundini Palm, 1941
 Colon brunneum (Latreille, 1807)
 Colon burmiticum Yamamoto, 2018
 Colon calcaratum Erichson, 1837
 Colon californicum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon capense Schweiger, 1960
 Colon carinatum Szymczakowski, 1973
 Colon celatum Horn, 1880
 Colon chenggongi Hoshina, 2009
 Colon chihuahua Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon chiricahua Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon claviger Herbst, 1797
 Colon clavigerum (Herbst, 1797)
 Colon cloueti Guillebeau, 1896
 Colon coeliacum Szymczakowski, 1973
 Colon costicolle Szymczakowski, 1980
 Colon curvipes Mäklin, 1880
 Colon delarouzei Tournier, 1863
 Colon dentatum LeConte, 1853
 Colon dentipes (Sahlberg, 1822)
 Colon diacanthopus Szymczakowski, 1964
 Colon diodocneme Szymczakowski, 1973
 Colon discretum Hatch, 1933
 Colon distinctipes Pic, 1901
 Colon elongatum Notman, 1919
 Colon emarginatum Rosenhauer, 1856
 Colon endroedyi Szymczakowski, 1967
 Colon enomotoi Hoshina, 2009
 Colon fasciculatum Salgado, 2017
 Colon forceps Hatch, 1957
 Colon fresnedai Salgado, 2016
 Colon fuscicorne Kraatz, 1852
 Colon griseum Czwalina, 1881
 Colon grossum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon hachisukai Hoshina, 2009
 Colon hanbei Hoshina, 2012
 Colon hatchi Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon hesperium Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon himalayicum Szymczakowski, 1980
 Colon hiraii Nakane, 1982
 Colon hirtale (Broun, 1880)
 Colon hondurensis Peck, 1999
 Colon horni Szymczakowski, 1981
 Colon hubbardi Horn, 1880
 Colon inauratum Szymczakowski, 1964
 Colon incisum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon inerme Mannerheim, 1852
 Colon infissionis Salgado, 2016
 Colon inukaii Hoshina, 2009
 Colon itoi Hisamatsu, 1985
 Colon japonicum Hisamatsu, 1970
 Colon kaszabi Szymczakowski, 1971
 Colon koghiense Perreau, 2004
 Colon koreanus Park, Sun-Jae & Hoshina, 2006
 Colon kurodai Hoshina, 2009
 Colon lableri Roubal, 1934
 Colon lanceolatum Hatch, 1957
 Colon latum Kraatz, 1850
 Colon liebecki Wickham, 1902
 Colon lobulatum Salgado, 2017
 Colon longitarse Reitter, 1884
 Colon longitorsum Peck & Stephan, 1996
 Colon lonquimayi Salgado, 2016
 Colon lyriferum Szymczakowski, 1973
 Colon magnicolle Mannerheim, 1853
 Colon malaisei Szymczakowski, 1964
 Colon matthewsi Peck & Cook, 2019
 Colon megadere Szymczakowski, 1967
 Colon megamorium Szymczakowski, 1972
 Colon megasetosum Peck & Stephan, 1996
 Colon melbournense Blackburn, 1892
 Colon mesum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon microps Czwalina, 1881
 Colon monstrosum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon moreanum Pic, 1910
 Colon murinum Kraatz, 1850
 Colon myops Czwalina, 1881
 Colon myrmeleonis Salgado, 2016
 Colon naosukei Hoshina & Ooki, 2017
 Colon natalense Schweiger, 1960
 Colon newtoni Salgado, 2016
 Colon nicoperezi Salgado, 2016
 Colon nitidum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon oblongum Blatchley, 1910
 Colon pacificum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon pararectum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon perrini Reitter, 1885
 Colon politum Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon potosi Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon pseudolatum Palm, 1941
 Colon pseudorubellum Hoshina & Nishikawa, 2016
 Colon pubescens Lucas, 1846
 Colon pudibundum Szymczakowski, 1967
 Colon pugioniferum Szymczakowski, 1964
 Colon pullum Peyerimhoff, 1919
 Colon puncticeps Czwalina, 1884
 Colon puncticolle Kraatz, 1850
 Colon punctillum Szymczakowski, 1963
 Colon purkynei Fleischer, 1909
 Colon puyehue Salgado, 2017
 Colon rectum Hatch, 1933
 Colon repostum Szymczakowski, 1981
 Colon robustum Obenberger, 1917
 Colon rubellum Hoshina & Fukuzawa, 2010
 Colon rudebecki Schweiger, 1960
 Colon rufescens Kraatz, 1850
 Colon rugulosum Szymczakowski, 1970
 Colon ruwenzoricum Szymczakowski, 1973
 Colon ryukyuense Hoshina & Fukuzawa, 2010
 Colon sakumai Hoshina, 2009
 Colon schwarzi Hatch, 1933
 Colon schweigeri Szymczakowski, 1963
 Colon scutatum Szymczakowski, 1964
 Colon sekerae Reitter, 1909
 Colon serratum Hatch, 1957
 Colon serripes (Sahlberg, 1822)
 Colon serrulatum Szymczakowski, 1973
 Colon setiger Pic, 1908
 Colon shini Park, Sun-Jae & Hoshina, 2006
 Colon similare Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon sinense Schweiger, 1960
 Colon sinuatipes Reitter, 1911
 Colon sobrinum Szymczakowski, 1965
 Colon stolzi Roubal, 1917
 Colon striatipenne Szymczakowski, 1970
 Colon subcurvipes Reitter, 1885
 Colon sulcicolle Portevin, 1907
 Colon tametomoi Hoshina, 2003
 Colon tanakai Hoshina, 2009
 Colon thoracicum Horn, 1880
 Colon tibiale Hatch, 1957
 Colon topali Szymczakowski, 1965
 Colon toyoshimai Hoshina, 2012
 Colon troglocerum Reitter, 1884
 Colon uncatum Salgado, 2017
 Colon valdivianum Szymczakowski, 1970
 Colon vancouverense Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon vanstraeleni Szymczakowski, 1973
 Colon vespertilio Szymczakowski, 1970
 Colon viennense Herbst, 1797
 Colon xilitla Peck and Stephan, 1996
 Colon yoshidai Hoshina, 2009
 Colon yuefeii Hoshina, 2017
 Colon zebei Kraatz, 1854

Referanser

Kilder 
 Leiodidae i Tree of life
 Silfverberg, H. 1992. Enumeratio Coleopterorum Fennoscandiae, Daniae et Baltiae (liste over Nordens biller). Helsinki.

Eksterne lenker 
 

Biller formelt beskrevet i 1797
Dyr formelt beskrevet av Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst
Mycelbiller