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Genus Oxytelus

rove beetle - Oxytelus Rove beetle 10.06.16 - Oxytelus Rove beetle 10.06.16 - Oxytelus Rove Beetle - Oxytelus laqueatus Staphylinidae - Oxytelus Oxytelinae? - Oxytelus Tribe Oxytelini? - Oxytelus Staph - 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)