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Genus Cephennodes

Scydmaenid - Cephennodes Scydmaenid - Cephennodes Scydmaenid - Cephennodes small brown beetle - Cephennodes corporosus coleoptera 2 - Cephennodes Cephennodes corporosus Cephennodes corporosus Cephennodes corporosus
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 Scydmaeninae (Ant-like Stone Beetles)
Tribe Cephenniini
Genus Cephennodes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chelonoidum Strand 1935(1)
Explanation of Names
Cephennodes Reitter 1883
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(2), ~a hundred total
Range
in our area, e. US & Pacific Northwest(2); widespread in E/SE Asia & tropical Africa
Works Cited
1.Seven new species of Cephennium Müller & Kunze (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae, Cephenniini) from California...
Hopp K.J., Caterino M.S. 2009. ZooKeys 24: 31–54.
2.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.