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Genus Tympanophorus

Black rove beetle - Tympanophorus puncticollis Black rove beetle - Tympanophorus puncticollis Black rove beetle - Tympanophorus puncticollis Black rove beetle - Tympanophorus puncticollis Tympanophorus puncticollis Tympanophorus puncticollis Tympanophorus puncticollis Tympanophorus puncticollis
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 Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Anisolinina
Genus Tympanophorus
Explanation of Names
Tympanophorus Nordmann 1837
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, ca. dozen spp. scattered around the world(1)
Range
in our area, T. puncticollis in e. NA (NB-MN to AL) & BC, T. concolor in NM-AZ (to Costa Rica)(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.