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Genus Dendrophilus

possible Dendrophilus kiteleyi - Dendrophilus

Dendrophilus (s.str) punctatus (Herbst 1792) - Dendrophilus punctatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Dendrophilinae

Genus Dendrophilus

Explanation of Names

Dendrophilus Leach 1817

Numbers

2 subgenera, with 5 spp. in our area(1) (incl. at least 2 adventive(2)) and 10 spp. total

Range

most of the US and adjacent Canada(1)(2)

Habitat

debris in hollow trees, some in bird nests(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.

2.	Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 10 July, 2008 - 8:52pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 5:18pm

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