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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Spiny-legged Rove Beetles (Oxytelinae) » Oxytelini » Anotylus

Genus Anotylus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
rove beetle - Anotylus rove beetle - Anotylus rugosus rove #24 - Anotylus rugosus Teeny Beetle, Vicious Jaws - Anotylus insignitus Tiny Striped Rove Beetle - Anotylus Spiny-legged Rove Beetle - Anotylus Beetle - Anotylus Rove beetle feeding on pony feces - Anotylus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)
Tribe Oxytelini
Genus Anotylus
Explanation of Names
Anotylus Thomson 1859
Numbers
18 spp. (of which at least 5 adventive) in our area(1), ~360 worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide(2)
Habitat
mainly on dung, carrion and other decomposing organic matter(1)
Remarks
comes to lights
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.
2.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
Contributed by tom murray on 12 April, 2007 - 7:25am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 April, 2013 - 8:00pm

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