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Genus Carphacis

Rove Beetle - Carphacis rove beetle - Carphacis fungus tachyporine - Carphacis fungus tachyporine - Carphacis Staphylinidae - Carphacis rove beetle - Carphacis effrenatus Rove Beetle - Carphacis Carphacis
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 Mycetoporinae
Genus Carphacis
Explanation of Names
Carphacis Gozis 1886
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1), 13 total(2)
Range
holarctic(2); all three spp. in e. NA (north to se. Canada), one of them (C. nepigonensis) also in the west(1)
Habitat
rotting mushrooms and other soft fungi, sometimes in other decaying matter or leaf litter(1)