Genus Oxytelus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Oxytelus sculptus Gravenhorst - Oxytelus sculptus

Staphylinoidea – Rove Beetles - Staphylinidae – Oxytelinae – Oxytelini - Oxytelus

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 Oxytelus

Explanation of Names

Oxytelus Gravenhorst 1802

Numbers

9 spp. (of which 3 adventive) in our area, ~200 total(1)

Range

worldwide & throughout NA(2)(1)

Habitat

mostly dung(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. 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 22 April, 2007 - 8:13pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 May, 2013 - 10:33am

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