Species Omalium rivulare

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

Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Rove - Omalium rivulare

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 Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)

Tribe Omaliini

Genus Omalium

Species rivulare (Omalium rivulare)

Explanation of Names

Omalium rivulare (Paykull 1789)

Size

3.5-4 mm(1)

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (transcontinental in the north)(2)(3)

Remarks

first detected in our area: CA 1878(3)

Works Cited

1.	Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

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

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 October, 2007 - 6:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 May, 2019 - 7:09pm

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