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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Quediina » Fluviphirus » Fluviphirus elevatus

Species Fluviphirus elevatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · 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 (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Quediina
Genus Fluviphirus
Species elevatus (Fluviphirus elevatus)
Explanation of Names
Fluviphirus elevatus (Hatch, 1957)

Syn:
Quedius elevatus Hatch, 1957(1)
Identification
"quite isolated within the subgenus and its general appearance is very conspicuous (large size, very long legs and antennae)"(1)
Range
Western N. America. BC, south to CA, NV(1)
Remarks
This species moved to the new genus Fluviphirus by Brunke (2021, ZooKeys 1076: 109-124)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Tribe Quediini of America North of Mexico
Ales Smetana. 1971. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada.
Contributed by Curt Harden on 16 May, 2019 - 8:38am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 15 December, 2021 - 11:24pm

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