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Genus Nisaxis

Ant-like Stone Beetle? - Nisaxis Ant-like Stone Beetle? - Nisaxis Nisaxis caudata Schaeffer - Nisaxis caudata - male Nisaxis caudata Schaeffer - Nisaxis caudata - female Pselaphine - Nisaxis tomentosa Pselaphine - Nisaxis tomentosa
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 Goniaceritae
Tribe Brachyglutini
Subtribe Brachyglutina
Genus Nisaxis
Explanation of Names
Nisaxis Casey 1886
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, more in Mesoamerica(1)
Range
e. US to NE & so.TX(1)(2)
Habitat
under debris or grass litter in marine/saline marshes(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 catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Pselaphidae
Chandler D.S. 1997. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-31. x + 118 pp.