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Species Tachyporus jocosus

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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 Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)
Tribe Tachyporini
Genus Tachyporus
Species jocosus (Tachyporus jocosus)
Explanation of Names
Tachyporus jocosus Say 1834
Size
1.5-1.9 mm(1)
Identification

Det. E.G. Riley, 2010
Range
e. NA (ON―NT to FL―NM) - Map (1)(2)(3)
Season
all seasons in OK. It was the most abundant rove beetle species in the winter wheat fields in fall and winter and the second most abundant species during spring (Elliott et al. 2006)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)