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Genus Ctenisodes

Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles), ventralX - Ctenisodes

Staphylinidae: Ctenisodes sp.? - Ctenisodes

Pselaptrichus ? - Ctenisodes piceus - female

pselaphinae with huge antennae - 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.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 11 April, 2007 - 6:49pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 April, 2013 - 11:00am

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