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Genus Lophioderus

Which Scydmaeninae? - Lophioderus - male Lophioderus atlanticus - female Scydmaeninae? - Lophioderus - male Scydmaeninae? - Lophioderus Pselaphinae, from leaf litter at the edge of a bog - Lophioderus Pselaphinae, from leaf litter at the edge of a bog - Lophioderus Pselaphinae, from leaf litter at the edge of a bog - Lophioderus Pselaphinae, from leaf litter at the edge of a bog - Lophioderus
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 Scydmaeninae (Ant-like Stone Beetles)
Tribe Glandulariini
Genus Lophioderus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Lophioderus Casey 1897
Numbers
~40 spp., all in our area(2)
Range
Pacific Coast + 1 sp. in the so. Appalachians(2)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Nearctic genus Lophioderus Casey (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae)
O’Keefe S.T. 1996. Entomological Society of America (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology); Lanham, MD, ii+97 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.