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Subfamily Catopocerinae

Leiodid - Glacicavicola bathyscioides Leiodid - Glacicavicola bathyscioides Leiodid - Pinodytes newtoni Pinodytes cryptophagoides - - Pinodytes cryptophagoides - male Catopocerus politus - male Leiodidae?, possibly Agathidium? - Pinodytes Leiodidae?, possibly Agathidium? - Pinodytes Pinodytes from canyon life oak and bay laurel litter - Pinodytes
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 Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Catopocerinae
Explanation of Names
Catopocerinae Hatch 1927
Numbers
2 tribes (both represented in NA; one monotypic), with ~50 spp. in 4 genera in our area and 2 spp. elsewhere (e. Asia)(1)
Identification
(1)
Range
NA and e. Asia; in our area, much more diverse in the west(1)
Habitat
deep leaf litter and soil; Glacicavicola bathyscioides in ice caves(1)