Species Homaeotarsus bicolor

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

rove beetle - Homaeotarsus bicolor - male

unknown rove beetle sp. - Homaeotarsus bicolor

Staphylinidae, dorsal - Homaeotarsus bicolor

Staphylinidae, lateral - Homaeotarsus bicolor

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 Paederinae

Tribe Paederini

Subtribe Cryptobiina

Genus Homaeotarsus

Species bicolor (Homaeotarsus bicolor)

Explanation of Names

Homaeotarsus bicolor Gravenhorst 1802

Size

8-10 mm(1)

Identification

the only species with this color scheme [source?]

Range

NB-ON & eUS(2)(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by tom murray on 23 May, 2008 - 9:07pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 November, 2021 - 5:50pm

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