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Family Colonidae

Round Fungus Beetle - Colon Colon dentatum LeConte - Colon dentatum - male Leiodidae - Colon maybe Colon? - Colon Cholevinae - Colon Colfax-J.2023-04 - Colon Colfax-J.2023-04 - Colon Colon aedeagosum Hatch - Colon aedeagosum - male
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 Colonidae
Explanation of Names
Colonidae Horn 1880
Numbers
>40 spp. (all Colon) in our area, >170 spp. in 2 genera total(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life