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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ant-loving Beetles (Pselaphinae) » Pselaphitae » Ctenistini » Biotus » Biotus formicarius

Species Biotus formicarius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Biotus formicarius Casey - Biotus formicarius Biotus formicarius Casey - Biotus formicarius
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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Pselaphitae
Tribe Ctenistini
Genus Biotus
Species formicarius (Biotus formicarius)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Casey, 1887
Explanation of Names
formica - Latin for an ant (1), which this sp. is asso. w/ (2)
Numbers
Monotypic genus (2)
Size
3 mm
Range
CA-TX / northern Mex. (2)
Life Cycle
Collected w/ ants (2)
Remarks
Type Locality: southern Calif. (3)
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1887. On some new North American Pselaphidae. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences, 2: 455–482.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.
3.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 November, 2011 - 5:55pm

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