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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) » Goniaceritae » Brachyglutini » Brachyglutina » Brachygluta

Genus Brachygluta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Ant-loving Beetle - Brachygluta abdominalis - female Ant-loving Beetle - Brachygluta abdominalis - male Ant-loving Beetle - Brachygluta abdominalis - female Ant-loving Beetle - Brachygluta abdominalis - male Pselaphin - Brachygluta terebrata Staphylinidae, Ant-Loving Beetle, ventral - Brachygluta wickhami Teeny Beetle - Brachygluta luniger Pselaphid 2023 1 - Brachygluta corniventris
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 Goniaceritae
Tribe Brachyglutini
Subtribe Brachyglutina
Genus Brachygluta
Explanation of Names
Brachygluta Thomson 1859
Numbers
large genus, with ~25 spp. in our area and almost 120 in the Palaearctic(1)
Range
holarctic; widespread in NA(1)
Habitat
in leaf litter, moss, under stones; often near water(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nearctic species of Brachygluta Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Chandler D.S., Sabella G., Bückle C. 2015. Zootaxa 3928: 1–91.
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.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 14 July, 2006 - 5:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 31 August, 2015 - 11:01pm

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