Subfamily Cholevinae - Small Carrion Beetles

Classification

Beetle from dead racoon - Catops basilaris

small beetle near water - Catops basilaris

Leiodid - Catoptrichus frankenhauseri - Catoptrichus frankenhauseri

Chlovine carrion beetle - Sciodrepoides terminans - male

Small Carrion Beetle - Ptomaphagus brevior - female

Small Carrion Beetles - Ptomaphagus brevior

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 Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Cholevinae (Small Carrion Beetles)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 6 November, 2005 - 5:24pm

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