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Species Platystethus degener

Rove beetle - Platystethus degener Staphylinidae - ? - Platystethus degener Staphylinidae - ? - Platystethus degener Staphylinidae - ? - Platystethus degener Another Staphylinid? - Platystethus degener Another Staphylinid? - Platystethus degener
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 Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)
Tribe Oxytelini
Genus Platystethus
Species degener (Platystethus degener)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=cornutus auct. non Gravenhorst 1802
Explanation of Names
Platystethus degener Mulsant & Rey 1878
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA and now widespread in the east (NY-ON-GA to NE)(1)
Habitat
streamedge habitats(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: 1971(1); a member of the subg. Craetopycrus Tottenham
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 18 August, 2010 - 7:42pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 2 May, 2013 - 10:01am

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