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Tachyporus jocosus
Species
Tachyporus jocosus
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
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1
)
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2
)
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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)
Contributed by
Harsi S. Parker
on 5 February, 2010 - 1:33pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 22 October, 2023 - 1:24pm