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Gauropterus fulgidus
Species
Gauropterus fulgidus
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
Species
fulgidus
(Gauropterus fulgidus)
Explanation of Names
Gauropterus fulgidus
(Fabricius 1787)
Range
native to Europe, now nearly cosmopolitan; adventive in NA (earliest specimen from Boston, MA 1894; introduced to the west coast much later)
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Works Cited
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Revision of the subfamily Xantholininae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Smetana A. 1982. Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada 114: 1-389.
Contributed by
v belov
on 27 May, 2009 - 7:50pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 1 May, 2013 - 7:09pm