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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Primitive Carrion Beetles (Agyrtidae)

Family Agyrtidae - Primitive Carrion Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
151534 - Necrophilus hydrophiloides Small Brown Beetle - Ipelates latus Agyrtidae (Primitive Carrion Beetles) - Ipelates latus Primitive Carrion Beetle? - Apteroloma tenuicorne Awesome Beetle - Necrophilus pettiti Unidentified Black Beetle - Necrophilus Agyrtidae, Apteroloma sp. - Apteroloma leaf beetle? - Ipelates latus
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 Agyrtidae (Primitive Carrion Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
includes Lyrosominae and Pterolominae (used to be treated as subfamilies of Silphidae)(1)
Explanation of Names
Agyrtidae Thomson 1859
Numbers
11 spp. in 6 genera in our area, ~70 spp. in 8 genera worldwide(1)(2)
Identification
Elytra with 9-10 punctate striae.
Range
holarctic, mostly in cool regions around the Pacific(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.Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 24 August, 2005 - 10:50am
Additional contributions by Jeff Gruber, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 28 March, 2022 - 11:06pm

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