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Species Stenus clavicornis

rove beetle - Stenus clavicornis Stenus clavicornis - female Stenus clavicornis Stenus clavicornis
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 Steninae (Water Skaters)
Genus Stenus
No Taxon (Subgenus Stenus)
Species clavicornis (Stenus clavicornis)
Explanation of Names
Stenus clavicornis (Scopoli 1763)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA and known from se. Canada and New England(1)
Remarks
first detected in our area: QC 1968(1)
Works Cited
1.Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.