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Genus Sunius

Sunius confluentus? - Sunius Sunius sp.? - Sunius confluentus Unknown Rove Beetle - Sunius debilicornis Sunius confluentus Sunius confluentus? - Sunius Rove Beetle? - Sunius confluentus Loomis-J.2020.02 - Sunius debilicornis Loomis-J.2020.02 - Sunius debilicornis
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 Medonina
Genus Sunius
Explanation of Names
Sunius Stephens 1829
Numbers
4 subgenera, with 26 spp. (of which 2 adventive) in our area and ~130 spp. total(1)
Range
worldwide & across NA, but mostly western(1)
Habitat
Damp litter, under bark, at lights(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.