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Species Pycnoglypta fracta

Rove - Pycnoglypta fracta Rove Beetle - Pycnoglypta fracta Rove Beetle - Pycnoglypta fracta Kateretidae? Nitulidae? - Pycnoglypta fracta Pycnoglypta? - Pycnoglypta fracta Pycnoglypta? - Pycnoglypta fracta Pycnoglypta? - Pycnoglypta fracta
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 Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)
Tribe Omaliini
Genus Pycnoglypta
Species fracta (Pycnoglypta fracta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Omalium fractum
doesn't really belong in Pycnoglypta, but will key out there in American Beetles(1)
Explanation of Names
Pycnoglypta fracta (Fauvel 1878)
Range
e. US, ON(1)
Habitat
in forest litter or under bark(1)
Works Cited
1.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.