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Genus Apocellus

Rove Beetle - Apocellus Apocellus? - Apocellus sphaericollis - female Male, Oxytelus? - Apocellus Male, Oxytelus? - Apocellus Something in Aleocharinae? - Apocellus Aleocharinae? - Apocellus Deleaster? - Apocellus Apocellus
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 Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)
Tribe Oxytelini
Genus Apocellus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ocaleomorpha Fleischer 1921
Explanation of Names
Apocellus Erichson 1839
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, ~40 total(1)
Range
New World, more diverse in the Neotropics; widespread in NA(1)
Habitat
Leaf litter, on dung, and associated with ants (Solenopsis, Atta)(1)
Remarks
One species has been recorded as an occasional greenhouse pest(1)
Works Cited
1.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.