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Genus Osorius

Staphylinid - Osorius Staphylinid - Osorius Rove Beetle - Osorius Rove Beetle - Osorius unmargined rove beetle - Osorius planifrons Unknown Beetle - Osorius latipes Osorius Osorius? from grassland pitfall trap - Osorius latipes
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 Osoriinae (Unmargined Rove Beetles)
Tribe Osoriini
Genus Osorius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Molosoma Say 1830
Explanation of Names
Osorius Guérin-Méneville 1829
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, >300 total(1)
Identification
key to spp. in(2)
Range
worldwide except w. Palaearctic & parts of so. hemisphere(3); in our area, e. & sw. US(1)
Habitat
Soil & leaf litter, sometimes other decaying organics (rotting logs, corn stalks)(1)
Remarks
one species might be a lawn pest(1)