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Genus Lesteva

Staphylinid - Lesteva pallipes Staphylinid - Lesteva pallipes beetle - Lesteva pallipes Lesteva pallipes rove beetle - Lesteva pallipes Lesteva pallipes Staphylinoidea - Staphylinidae - Lesteva pallipes Staphylinoidea - Staphylinidae - Lesteva pallipes
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 Anthophagini
Genus Lesteva
Explanation of Names
Lesteva Latreille 1797
Numbers
2 spp. in our area; ca. 75 more in the Palaearctic(1)
Range
Holarctic; e. half of NA(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.