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Xantholinini
Tribe Xantholinini
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
Xantholininae
Tribe
Xantholinini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in
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Explanation of Names
Xantholinini Erichson 1839
Numbers
106 spp. in 23 genera in our area, of which four represented by adventive species only and seven are precinctive to NA
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Identification
Antennae more or less geniculate; neck narrow, usually a third or less as wide as head
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Range
most of the world
Internet References
Taxon profile
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Works Cited
1.
Revision of the subfamily Xantholininae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Smetana A. 1982. Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada 114: 1-389.
2.
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.
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Staphylinidae of eastern Canada and the adjacent United States. Keys to subfamilies; Staphylininae: ...
Brunke A., Newton A., Klimaszewski J., Majka C.G., Marshall S. 2011. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 12: 1-110.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 29 November, 2005 - 8:16pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 14 September, 2021 - 1:02pm