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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Tachyporus lecontei

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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 Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)
Tribe Tachyporini
Genus Tachyporus
Species lecontei (Tachyporus lecontei)
Explanation of Names
Tachyporus lecontei Campbell 1979
Range
most of NA: Canada (transcontinental) to Mexico (map)
Habitat
river banks, flood debris, under logs, decaying vegetation(1)
Works Cited
1.New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and eastern Canada: Tachyporinae
Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 186: 55-82.