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Species Thoracophorus brevicristatus

Thoracophorus brevicristatus (Horn) - Thoracophorus brevicristatus Thoracophorus brevicristatus (Horn) - Thoracophorus brevicristatus Thoracophorus brevicristatus (Horn) - Thoracophorus brevicristatus
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 Osoriinae (Unmargined Rove Beetles)
Tribe Thoracophorini
Genus Thoracophorus
Species brevicristatus (Thoracophorus brevicristatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Thoracophorus brevicristatus (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Glyptoma brevicristatum Horn 1871
Range
mostly coastal se US (Miami, FL to Brownsville, TX), also s. AZ (1). Mexico, W. Indies - Map (2)
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1871. Descriptions of new Coleoptera of the United States, with notes on known species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 3: 325-344.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Review of the genus Thoracophorus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) in North America north of Mexico, with a key to species
Ferro, M.L. 2015. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(1): 1–10.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Kyle Schnepp on 6 November, 2014 - 7:19am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 June, 2022 - 3:39pm

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