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Genus Laetulonthus

bicolored rove beetle - Laetulonthus laetulus Rove Beetle - Laetulonthus laetulus Deck fruit rove beetle, dorsal view - Laetulonthus laetulus Deck fruit rove beetle, side view - Laetulonthus laetulus Rove Beetle? - Laetulonthus laetulus Laetulonthus laetulus Laetulonthus laetulus nice rove - Laetulonthus laetulus
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 Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Philonthina
Genus Laetulonthus
Explanation of Names
Laetulonthus Moore & Legner 1973
Numbers
2 spp., both in our area(1)
Range
1 sp. in e. NA to TX and 1 sp. NM-AZ(1)
Habitat
tree hollows, debris under live trees; under bark & in rotting wood of dead logs(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.