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Genus Ctenisodes

Ctenisodes piceus? - Ctenisodes piceus Staphylinid - Ctenisodes abruptus Ant-loving Beetle - Ctenisodes piceus beetle - Ctenisodes Staphylinidae, Ant-Loving Beetle, head & thorax - Ctenisodes Staphylinidae, Ant-Loving Beetle, ventral - Ctenisodes Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles), dorsal - Ctenisodes Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles), face - Ctenisodes
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 Ctenisodes
Explanation of Names
Ctenisodes Raffray 1897
Numbers
14 spp. in our area, 17 total(1)
Range
NA (to Mexico, Cuba) + 1 sp. in Japan; in our area, most spp. in e. & c. US(1)
Habitat
probably at least loosely associated with ants (several ant genera recorded as hosts)(1)
Works Cited
1.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.