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Genus Gauropterus

Utah Rove? - Gauropterus fulgidus Utah Rove? - Gauropterus fulgidus Unknown Rove beetle - Gauropterus fulgidus Unknown Rove beetle - Gauropterus fulgidus Xantholinini? - Gauropterus fulgidus Xantholinini? - Gauropterus fulgidus Gauropterus fulgidus - male Gauropterus fulgidus - male
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 Gauropterus
Explanation of Names
Gauropterus Thomson 1860
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, ~30 spp. total(1)
Range
much of the world(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.