Genus Bryoporus

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Spring rove beetle on tree trunk - Bryoporus rufescens

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 Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

Subfamily Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)

Tribe Mycetoporini

Genus Bryoporus

Numbers

3 spp. in our area + ~50 spp. worldwide(1)

Range

2 spp. widespread over the US & so. Canada + 1 sw. sp. (AZ & NM); other spp. occur across the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world(1)

Habitat

forest litter and damp debris, esp. near water

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 10 December, 2005 - 10:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 April, 2010 - 11:34am

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