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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Round Fungus Beetles (Leiodidae) » Leiodinae » Leiodini » Cyrtusa

Genus Cyrtusa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Cyrtusa subtestacea (Gyllenhal) - Cyrtusa subtestacea Cyrtusa subtestacea (Gyllenhal) - Cyrtusa subtestacea Cyrtusa subtestacea (Gyllenhal) - Cyrtusa subtestacea Crytusa sp. - Cyrtusa Crytusa sp. - Cyrtusa Crytusa sp. - Cyrtusa tiny one - Cyrtusa tiny one - Cyrtusa
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 Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Leiodinae
Tribe Leiodini
Genus Cyrtusa
Explanation of Names
Cyrtusa Erichson 1842
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), 12 spp. worldwide(2)
Size
our spp. 1.4‒2.0 mm(1)
Identification
separating spp. requires examination of male genitalia(1)
Range
in our area, the holarctic C. subtestacea is widespread, C. grossepunctata OR‒CA(1); Holarctic, so. India, ?Neotropical(2)
Works Cited
1.Systematics and distributions of the genera Cyrtusa Erichson, Ecarinosphaerula Hatch, Isoplastus Horn, Liocyrtusa Daffner...
Peck S.B., Cook J. 2013. Insecta Mundi 0310: 1-32.
2.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
Contributed by v belov on 5 December, 2010 - 11:57pm
Last updated 8 December, 2023 - 10:47pm

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