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Genus Belonuchus

rove beetle in rotting cactus - Belonuchus

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 Philonthina

Genus Belonuchus

Explanation of Names

Belonuchus Nordmann 1837

Numbers

9 spp. in our area(1) + one adventive, >100 described spp. total(2)

Range

New World, mostly Neotropical(2); in our area, eastern and southern(1)

The most widespread is the pan-American B. rufipennis (Fabricius); the rest have restricted distribution:

B. agilis Erichson 1840: adventive FL; W Indies, Colombia

B. aphaobius Smetana 1995: TX

B. arizonicus Casey 1915: CA-TX

B. ephippiatus Say 1830: CA-TX to the neotropics

B. erythropterus Solsky 1868: TX; Mexico

B. gagates Erichson 1840: FL; Caribbean

B. moquinus Casey 1884: CA-TX

B. pallidus Casey 1915: FL-LA

B. troglophilus Smetana 1995 - AZ OK-TX

Habitat

in or near rotting/fermenting organic matter (fruit, logs, cacti; sometimes carrion or dung); some southwestern spp. in caves(2)

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.

2.	Natural history of Belonuchus Nordmann spp. and allies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Heliconia... Frank J.H., Barrera R. 2010. Insecta Mundi 0110: 1-12.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 March, 2008 - 11:48pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 12 August, 2021 - 5:52pm

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