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Genus Ischnosoma

rove beetle - Ischnosoma Ischnosoma hospitale (Fall) - Ischnosoma hospitale Ischnosoma hospitale (Fall) - Ischnosoma hospitale Ischnosoma flavicolle (LeConte) - Ischnosoma flavicolle Rove Beetle - Ischnosoma Ischnosoma lecontei - male Ischnosoma lecontei - male Rove Beetle - Ischnosoma
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 Mycetoporinae
Genus Ischnosoma
Explanation of Names
Ischnosoma Stephens 1829
Greek 'slender-bodied'(1)
Numbers
13 spp. in our area, 5 more south of the border, ~100 total(2)(3)
Range
much of the Old World + NA; widespread in our area(2)
Habitat
forest leaf litter, some esp. in wet debris/moss along streams or other periaquatic situations(2)
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.
2.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.
3.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]