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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ocellate Rove Beetles (Omaliinae) » Omaliini » Omalium » Omalium rivulare

Species Omalium rivulare

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