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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Spiny-legged Rove Beetles (Oxytelinae) » Oxytelini » Anotylus

Genus Anotylus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Anotylus insignitus (Gravenhorst) - Anotylus insignitus - female Staphylinid - Anotylus Anotylus rugosus (?) - Anotylus Rove beatle with impressive mandibles - Anotylus insignitus 3022760 Rover - Anotylus Anotylus insecatus ? - Anotylus Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Anotylus Staph 3 - Anotylus
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 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)
Life Cycle
mainly on dung, carrion and other decomposing organic matter(1)
Remarks
comes to lights
Print References
Thomson, C.G. (1859). Skandinaviens Coleoptera, synoptisk bearbetade. Tom I. Tryckt uti Berlingska Boktryckeriet: Lund. 290 pp.
HAMMOND, P. M. 1976. A review of the genus Anotylus C. G. Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 33: 139-187, pls. 13 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41007950#page/155/mode/1up
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, Arturo Santos
Last updated 24 May, 2023 - 10:03am

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