Species Tachyporus atriceps

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Rove Beetle - Tachyporus atriceps - female

Tachyporus dispar? - Tachyporus atriceps

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 Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)

Tribe Tachyporini

Genus Tachyporus

Species atriceps (Tachyporus atriceps)

Explanation of Names

Tachyporus atriceps Stephens 1832

Size

2.4–3.6 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (NS-ON, BC)(1)

Habitat

mainly in disturbed habitats in Canada(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: ON 1973(1)

Works Cited

1.	DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) Pentinsaari M, Anderson R, Borowiec L, Bouchard P, Brunke A, Douglas H, Smith A, Hebert P. 2019. ZooKeys 894: 53–150.

Contributed by v belov on 27 May, 2020 - 7:45pm

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