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Genus Phanerota

Rove Beetle - Phanerota Beetle found under a mushroom - Phanerota Aleocharinae? - Phanerota fasciata Phanerota fasciata 2018-09-21 Black-headed orange rove beetle - Phanerota fasciata 2018-10-07 Orange rove beetle - Phanerota fasciata Small, light colored rove beetle - Phanerota Small, light colored rove beetle - Phanerota
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 Aleocharinae
Tribe Homalotini
Subtribe Gyrophaenina
Genus Phanerota
Explanation of Names
Phanerota Casey 1906
Numbers
5 species in our area(1), ~30 total(2)

Phanerota brunessa Ashe - NW Florida & SW Georgia
Phanerota carinata Seevers
Phanerota cubensis Casey - extreme southern Florida, Cuba, Jamaica
Phanerota dissimilus (Erichson)
Phanerota fasciata (Say)

Also Phanerota peninsularis Casey, known from southern Baja California, Mexico.
Range
New World & Old World tropics(2); in our area, e. half of the US(1)
Food
Various fungi(1)
Print References
Ashe, J.S. 1981. Studies of the life history and habits of Phanerota fasciata (Say) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) with notes on the mushroom as a habitat and descriptions of the immature stages. Coleopterists Bulletin 35(1): 83‑96.
Ashe, J.S. 1982. Evidence about species status of Phanerota fasciata (Say) and Phanerota dissimilis (Erichson) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from host mushroom relationships. Coleopterists Bulletin 36(2): 155‑161.
Ashe, J.S. 1986. Phanerota cubensis and Phanerota brunnessa n. sp. with a key to the species of Phanerota occurring in Florida (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Florida Entomologist 69(1): 236-245.