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Subfamily Steninae - Water Skaters

Stenus flavicornis Erichson - Stenus flavicornis Stenus juno Paykull - Stenus juno Staphylinid - Stenus Stenus ? - Stenus unknown beetle - Stenus water skater - Stenus Dianous... - Dianous nitidulus Rove beetle  - Stenus
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 Steninae (Water Skaters)
Explanation of Names
Steninae MacLeay 1825
Numbers
2 genera, with ~170 spp. in our area(1) and ~3,350 spp. total(2)
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.BioLib.cz