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Subfamily Scaphidiinae - Shining Fungus Beetles

1.9mm Shining Fungus Beetle - Baeocera - male

large scaphidiine rove - Scaphidium piceum

red spotted beetle - Scaphidium quadriguttatum

Scaphidium quadriguttatum - Scaphidium quadriguttatum

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)

Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

Subfamily Scaphidiinae (Shining Fungus Beetles)

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 26 April, 2005 - 8:14am

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