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Genus Scaphisoma

Tiny brown mushroom beetle - Scaphisoma rubens small golden beetle - Scaphisoma rubens Baeocera? - Scaphisoma Beetle - Scaphisoma Beetle - Scaphisoma Sonora-1 - Scaphisoma Baeocera or Scaphisoma? - Scaphisoma Scaphisoma americanum - male
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 Scaphisoma
Explanation of Names
Scaphisoma Leach 1815
Numbers
22 spp. in our area, ~600 total(1)(2)
Range
worldwide(1)(2)
Habitat
associated with various fungi, esp. polypores(1)
Remarks
In needs of global revision, many undescribed species.
Print References
Leschen R.A.B., Löbl I., Stephan K.H. (1990) Review of the Ozark Highland Scaphisoma (Coleoptera: Scaphidiidae). Col. Bull. 44: 274–294.