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Genus Oxypoda

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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 Aleocharinae
Tribe Oxypodini
Subtribe Oxypodina
Genus Oxypoda
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ancillota Casey 1910, Moluciba Casey 1911(1)
Explanation of Names
Oxypoda Mannerheim 1830
Numbers
>100 spp. in 8 subgenera in our area(2)
Range
throughout NA(2)
Works Cited
1.Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Gusarov V.I. 2003. Zootaxa 353: 1–134.
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 tom murray on 12 April, 2007 - 7:22am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 April, 2013 - 3:29pm

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