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Tribe Othiini

Atrecus megacephalus? - Atrecus macrocephalus rove beetle - Atrecus americanus Rove Beetle - Atrecus americanus Rove Beetle - Atrecus americanus Staphylinid - Atrecus Parothius californicus? - Parothius Staphylinidae - Atrecus Atrecus
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 Xantholininae
Tribe Othiini
Explanation of Names
Othiini Thomson 1859
Numbers
9 spp. (of which 2 adventive) in 3 genera in our area, ~150 spp. in 4 genera total(1)(2)
Range
holarctic, with Othius ranging into the Oriental Region at higher elevations(2)
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.
2.Othius punctulatus (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) detected in the Pacific Northwest: a Palearctic genus new to the US
Rood R.J., Brunke A., Solodovnikov A. 2015. Col. Bull. 69: 412-414.