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Species Hister furtivus

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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 Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Histerini
Genus Hister
Species furtivus (Hister furtivus)
Explanation of Names
Hister furtivus J.E. LeConte 1860
Size
5.5-8.0 mm(1)
Range
across NA (NS-BC to GA-AZ); associated with highlands in the West and South(1)
Habitat
wide variety of decomposing organic matters (dung, carrion, mushrooms, compost)(1)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 16 November, 2007 - 6:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2014 - 7:23am

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