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Species Ocypus aeneocephalus

Representative Images

large rove beetle - Ocypus aeneocephalus Staph 135 - Ocypus aeneocephalus Staph 135 - Ocypus aeneocephalus Staph 135 - Ocypus aeneocephalus Rove Beetle - Ocypus aeneocephalus Staphylinidae beetle ID? - Ocypus aeneocephalus Staphylinidae beetle ID? - Ocypus aeneocephalus rove beetle found under flowerpot - Ocypus aeneocephalus

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 Staphylininae
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Staphylinina
Genus Ocypus
Species aeneocephalus (Ocypus aeneocephalus)

Explanation of Names

Ocypus aeneocephalus (De Geer 1774)

Identification

With the banded hair pattern on the abdomen, O.aeneocephalus may only be confused with some species of Platydracus (which usually have the abdomen tipped red). --Boris Büche
adult habitus(1)

Range

native to Europe(2), adventive in NA: sw. BC(3) & WA (BG data)

Remarks

earliest NA record: BC 1932(3)

Works Cited

1.WCG – Website of the Watford Coleoptera Group
2.Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae
3.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.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 29 July, 2007 - 12:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 5 March, 2013 - 6:59am

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