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Genus Hamotus

Staphylinid - Hamotus elongatus Staphylinid - Hamotus elongatus A very small, red insect - Hamotus opimus Hamotus sp. - Hamotus opimus Pselaphinae? - Hamotus elongatus Pselaphinae? - Hamotus elongatus Pselaphinae? - Hamotus elongatus Pselaphinae? - Hamotus elongatus
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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Pselaphitae
Tribe Tyrini
Subtribe Hamotina
Genus Hamotus
Explanation of Names
Hamotus Aubé 1844
Numbers
5 spp. in our area (all in the subg. Hamotoides); ~100 spp. in 2 subgenera total(1)
Range
neotropical group ranging into so. US (to VA-OK-AZ)(1)
Habitat
under bark, in rotting cacti, leaf litter, in caves(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.