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Subfamily Tachyporinae - Crab-like Rove Beetles

rove beetle - Sepedophilus cinctulus Sepedophilus of some sort? - Sepedophilus Rove Beetle - Coproporus laevis - male Staphylinidae 24 - Sepedophilus Beetle - Tachyporus crab-like rove beetle - Tachinus picipes Crab-like Rove Beetle - Tachyporus crablike rove beetle - Sepedophilus
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 Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1); Mycetoporini elevated to subfamily
Explanation of Names
Tachyporinae MacLeay 1825
Numbers
>1,200 spp. in 36 genera of 4 tribes total(2)