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Species Sepedophilus velocipes

Sepedophilus velocipes (Casey) - Sepedophilus velocipes Beetle - Sepedophilus velocipes Beetle - Sepedophilus velocipes Beetle - Sepedophilus velocipes
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 Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)
Tribe Tachyporini
Genus Sepedophilus
Species velocipes (Sepedophilus velocipes)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sepedophilus velocipes (Casey)
Orig. Comb: Conosoma velocipes Casey 1895
Explanation of Names
velocipes (L.) 'swift feet' (1)
Numbers
30 spp. (incl. 3 adventive from Europe) n. of Mex. (2)
Range
e. NA (TX-FL-NS-IA) - Map (3)(4)(5)
Print References
Campbell, J.M. 1976. A revision of the genus Sepedophilus Gistel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of America north of Mexico, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 99.
Casey, T.L. 1895. Coleopterological Notices. VI. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 8: 435–838.
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. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
5.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)