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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Unmargined Rove Beetles (Osoriinae) » Osoriini » Osorius

Genus Osorius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Rove 2 - Osorius latipes Rove Beetle - Osorius Staphylinid - Osorius latipes Mystery bug - Osorius rove beetle - Osorius 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 (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)
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)
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.
2.A synoptic review of the beetles of the tribe Osoriini from the Western Hemisphere
Notman H. 1925. Proc. USNM 67: 1-26.
3.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 6 December, 2008 - 8:09pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 17 May, 2019 - 3:34pm

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