Species Dacnochilus laetus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Lathrobiini

Subtribe Lathrobiina

Genus Dacnochilus

Species laetus (Dacnochilus laetus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dacnochilus fresnoensis Leech 1939

Explanation of Names

Dacnochilus laetus LeConte 1863

Identification

No teeth on labrum. Pronotum not as transverse as in other US species.

Range

FL, AL, LA, TX, AZ, CA; Mexico(1); OK (BugGuide data)

Remarks

Western populations lighter in colour; eastern morph with elytra brown in basal half

Works Cited

1.	Revision of Dacnochilus Leconte (= Acalophaena Sharp) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Jiménez-Sánchez, E. & Galian, J. 2013. Annals of Carnegie Museum 81(2): 73-117.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 22 March, 2021 - 10:29am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 May, 2023 - 3:37pm

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