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Species Onthophilus kirni

Onthophilus kirni Ross 1944 - Onthophilus kirni Onthophilus kirni Ross 1944 - Onthophilus kirni Onthophilus kirni Ross - Onthophilus kirni
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 Onthophilinae
Genus Onthophilus
Species kirni (Onthophilus kirni)
Explanation of Names
Onthophilus kirni Ross 1944
Range
KS-TX-FL - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)
Season
Oct-Mar in n. Louisiana(2)
Remarks
the commonest histerid in Geomys breviceps(4) burrows in n. Louisiana(2)
Print References
Blume R.R., Summerlin J.W. (1988) Histeridae (Coleoptera) from pocket gopher burrows (Geomyidae) in East Central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin 42(2): 202-204. (JSTOR)
Ross E.S. (1944a) Arthropod collecting in the burrows of a Texas pocket-gopher. Entomological News 55: 57–61.
Ross E.S. (1944b) Onthophilus kirni new species, and two other noteworthy Histeridae from burrows of a Texas pocket-gopher. Entomological News 55: 115–118.
Works Cited
1. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
2.Beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae and Scarabaeidae) from previously unsampled populations of pocket gopher burrows in Louisiana
Connior, M.B. 2011. 2011. Insecta Mundi.
3.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.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)