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Species Custotychus daggyi

Custotychus daggyi - male Custotychus daggyi - male
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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Goniaceritae
Tribe Tychini
Genus Custotychus
Species daggyi (Custotychus daggyi)
Explanation of Names
Custotychus daggyi (Park, 1949)(1)
Named for the late Dr. Tom Daggy (1915-1996), an avid naturalist and collector who taught at Davidson College in NC for several decades: NC State Bio
Range
D.C., MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV(1)
Habitat
Forest leaf litter, occasionally rotten wood(1)
Season
Year-round(1)
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the Eastern Nearctic Genus Custotychus Park and Wagner
Donald S. Chandler & Sarah D. Geromini. 2016. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(2): 217-242.