Species Cordalia obscura

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Nice little Staphyinid... - Cordalia obscura

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 Falagriini

Genus Cordalia

Species obscura (Cordalia obscura)

Explanation of Names

Cordalia obscura (Gravenhorst 1802)

Size

2.0‒2.8 mm(1)

Identification

see (1)

Range

native to w.Palæarctic, adventive in NA (NS‒ON to NJ‒IL; CO; WA‒CA)(1)

Habitat

plant debris, soil, compost, carrion, dung, bird nests(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: PA before 1906(1)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 10 May, 2007 - 5:19am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, roar
Last updated 24 February, 2025 - 1:09pm

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