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Superfamily Staphylinoidea - Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles

staphylinid of some kind? staph (Aleochara?) - Aleochara Leptinillus validus (Horn) - Leptinillus validus Rove Beetle - Omalium rivulare Rove Beetle - Apalonia seticornis Ptiliola sp. - Ptiliola Unknown Beetle larva Nicrophorus americanus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)
Numbers
one of the largest beetle lineages; see(1); 6 families, all represented in our area(2)
Habitat
associated with all kinds of decaying matter and fungi; most staphylinids are predatory
Works Cited
1.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
2.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P. et al. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Jeff Gruber, v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2015 - 5:37am

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