Species Gyrohypnus fracticornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · 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 Xantholininae

Tribe Xantholinini

Genus Gyrohypnus

Species fracticornis (Gyrohypnus fracticornis)

Explanation of Names

Gyrohypnus fracticornis (O.F. Müller 1776)

Size

6.0-8.5 mm

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive elsewhere (cosmopolitan) and occurs over most of NA(1)

Habitat

decaying organic material, esp. dung(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: PA 1846(1)

Works Cited

1.	Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 13 April, 2009 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 31 July, 2020 - 5:03pm

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