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Genus Toxidium

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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 Scaphidiinae (Shining Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Scaphisomatini
Genus Toxidium
Explanation of Names
Toxidium LeConte 1860
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, ~40 total(1)
Range
mostly pantropical; in our area, e. NA (QC-ON to FL-TX)(1)
Habitat
polypores on old logs(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.