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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Megalopsidiinae » Megalopinus » Megalopinus caelatus

Species Megalopinus caelatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Megalopinus caelatus (Gravenhorst) - Megalopinus caelatus Cute Rove Beetle (???) - Megalopinus caelatus Cute Rove Beetle (???) - Megalopinus caelatus Cute Rove Beetle (???) - Megalopinus caelatus Rove Beetle - Megalopinus caelatus Rove Beetle - Megalopinus caelatus Rove Beetle - Megalopinus caelatus Megalopinus caelatus
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 Megalopsidiinae
Genus Megalopinus
Species caelatus (Megalopinus caelatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megalopinus caelatus (Gravenhorst)
Orig. Comb: Oxyporus caelatus Gravenhorst, 1802
Explanation of Names
caelatus (L). 'engraved, embossed' (1)
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Range
e US (TX-FL-NJ-IN) (3)(2)(BG data)
Habitat
usually found in asso. w/ decaying trees and fungusy logs, but immature stages of this genus are virtually unknown (2)
Remarks
rarely found (2), although Karl Stephan collected 22 spmns of this sp. and 7 Megalopinus rufipes (LeConte) in Latimer Co., Oklahoma (4)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.
3.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
4.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 7 April, 2010 - 10:45am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 July, 2016 - 10:38am

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