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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Cross-toothed Rove Beetles (Oxyporinae) » Oxyporus

Genus Oxyporus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
rove beetle - Oxyporus lateralis Oxyporus sp? - Oxyporus rufipennis Oxyporus (s. str.) kiteleyi Campbell - Oxyporus kiteleyi Oxyporus (s. str.) stygicus Say - Oxyporus stygicus Oxyporus major ? - Oxyporus major Rove beetle - Oxyporus major Rove beetle? Species? - Oxyporus major Oxyporus lateralis
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 Oxyporinae (Cross-toothed Rove Beetles)
Genus Oxyporus
Explanation of Names
Oxyporus Fabricius 1775
Numbers
2 subgenera, with 14 spp. in our area and ~100 worldwide(1)(2)
Identification
In Hanley (1993), a partial key is provided(3)
Range
New World & Eurasia(2); widespread in NA(1)
Habitat
Found in and near fungus(1)
Food
Adults and larvae feed on fungi
Remarks
Species still missing in guide:
O. lepidus LeConte, 1877 [eastern, W to KS] => iNaturalist
O. neomexicanus Campbell, 1978 [NM]
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.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
3.The Oxyporinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Illinois
Hanley, R.S. 1993. Eastern Illinois University / MS Thesis.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 2 June, 2005 - 7:05am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 17 September, 2021 - 6:15am

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