Genus Omalodes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Histerinae

Tribe Omalodini

Genus Omalodes

Explanation of Names

Omalodes Erichson 1834

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1), 60 spp. in 3 subgenera total

Range

in our area, FL + NM‒AZ(1)

Habitat

moist rotting vegetation(1)

Works Cited

1.	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 Jeff Gruber on 4 January, 2008 - 5:39pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 September, 2023 - 6:17pm

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