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Genus Plegaderus

Plegaderus (s.str.) barbelini Marseul 1862 - Plegaderus barbelini

Plegaderus (s.str.) transversus (Say 1825) - Plegaderus transversus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Abraeinae

Tribe Abraeini

Genus Plegaderus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

treated by some workers in a separate tribe, Plegaderini Portevin 1929, that contains one more genus

Explanation of Names

Plegaderus Erichson 1834

Numbers

14 spp. in our area(1) (only 2 in the Northeast); 28 spp. worldwide

Habitat

some under bark (often in bark beetle galleries, esp. on pine)

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.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 20 April, 2006 - 11:14am
Additional contributions by tom murray, v belov
Last updated 8 September, 2023 - 3:56pm

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