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Species Ocypus olens - Devil's Coach Horse

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Staphylinina
Genus Ocypus
Species olens (Devil's Coach Horse)
Explanation of Names
Ocypus (Ocypus) olens (O. Müller 1764)
Size
25-28 mm
Range
native to w. Palaearctic(1), adventive in NA (w. US: WA-CA-AZ)(2)
Food
They often eat, and may help to control, the introduced brown garden snail. --Margaret Thayer
Remarks
earliest record in our area: CA 1931(2)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera Poloniae
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 29 July, 2007 - 12:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 4 March, 2013 - 5:32pm

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