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Species Ocypus nitens

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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 Staphylinina
Genus Ocypus
Species nitens (Ocypus nitens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
O. similis, O.nero
Explanation of Names
Ocypus (Matidus) nitens (Schrank 1781)
Size
16-20 mm
Identification
Very similar to Tasgius melanarius.
Relevant details separating on the generic level are in the mouthparts, rarely visible on life images. The wings are visibly shorter than the pronotum in O. nitens, and pronotal punctures dense, but not confluent. Anterior tibiae with spines besides hairs in the apical portion.
Range
Native to w. Palaearctic; adventive in NA and mostly limited to the coastal ne. US (ME-NY)(1)
Habitat
common in forested and open habitat in MA-NH; pronouncedly synanthropic, often wanders into dwellings(1)
Season
year around
Remarks
earliest NA record: MA 1944(1)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Staphylinidae of eastern Canada and the adjacent United States. Keys to subfamilies; Staphylininae: ...
Brunke A., Newton A., Klimaszewski J., Majka C.G., Marshall S. 2011. CJAI 12: 1‒110.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 4 August, 2008 - 10:25am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 3 November, 2013 - 9:53pm

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