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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Aleocharinae » Aleocharini » Aleochara » subgenus Aleochara (Aleochara subgenus Aleochara) » Aleochara lata

Species Aleochara lata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
staph (Aleochara?) - Aleochara lata Rove Beetle - Aleochara lata Staphylinid - Aleochara lata Staphylinid - Aleochara lata Steninae? - Aleochara lata Aleochara lata Aleochara sp.possibly lata? - Aleochara lata Rove 32 - Aleochara lata
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 Aleocharini
Genus Aleochara
No Taxon (subgenus Aleochara)
Species lata (Aleochara lata)
Explanation of Names
Aleochara lata Gravenhorst 1802
Size
4‒9 mm(1)
Identification
very robust, black species with strongly transverse antennomeres 5‒10
Range
of Palaearctic origin, introduced & widespread in NA (QC‒ON to FL‒TX‒CA)(2)
Habitat
Adults on carrion and dung(1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
Klimaszewski, J. 1984. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 116: 3-211.
2.Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 2: Staphylinidae
Klimaszewski J, Brunke A, Langor DW, Assing V, Newton AF, Davies A, Pelletier G, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Herman L, Perdereau L. 2013. Pensoft.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 17 May, 2015 - 2:32am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 17 September, 2024 - 9:38pm

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