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Genus Oxybleptes

Beetle - Oxybleptes - female Rove Beetle - Oxybleptes kiteleyi Oxybleptes davisi? - Oxybleptes davisi Oxybleptes kiteleyi Oxybleptes kiteleyi Oxybleptes kiteleyi Oxybleptes kiteleyi Oxybleptes kiteleyi - 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 Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Xantholininae
Tribe Xantholinini
Genus Oxybleptes
Explanation of Names
Oxybleptes Smetana 1982
Numbers
5 spp., all in our area(1)
Identification
Males: Last antennomere enlarged
Range
e. NA & OR(1)
Habitat
mostly collected in flight, habits unknown(1)
Season
active in fall(1)
Remarks
form swarms(1)
Internet References
Frank J.H., Foltz J.L., Almquist D.T. (2005) The female of Oxybleptes meridionalis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) and range extension for Oxybleptes. Florida Entomologist 88(2): 199-200 (Full text)
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.