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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Paederinae » Lathrobiini » Stilicina » Rugilus » Rugilus ceylanensis

Species Rugilus ceylanensis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Paederinae
Tribe Lathrobiini
Subtribe Stilicina
Genus Rugilus
Species ceylanensis (Rugilus ceylanensis)
Explanation of Names
Rugilus ceylanensis (Kraatz 1859)
Range
native to S/SE Asia, adventive in our area and now widespread in the east (QC‒ON to AL‒AR‒KS)(1) • the most widespread species of the genus, ranging from the Himalaya to the Philippines, Australia, Hawaii, and North America (Assing 2012)
Habitat
litter, compost
Remarks
earliest record in our area: QC 1934 (1)
Works Cited
1.Rugilus ceylanensis (Kraatz) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae): a South Asian Rove Beetle New to North America
Hoebeke, ER. 2010. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 112(4):508-516.
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 13 December, 2008 - 9:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 19 August, 2024 - 8:09pm

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