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Tribe Diochini

Rove beetle - Diochus schaumi small rove beetle - Diochus schaumi Rove - Diochus schaumi Rove Beetle - Diochus schaumi Small rove beetle with a small head - Diochus schaumi Staphylininae? - Diochus Staphylininae? - Diochus Diochus schaumi in Maryland - Diochus schaumi
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 Xantholininae
Tribe Diochini
Explanation of Names
Diochini Casey 1906
Numbers
one species in our area, ~80 spp. (all but a couple in Diochus) in 2 genera total
Range
Diochus in tropics to warm temperate areas worldwide (in our area, eastern); another genus in southernmost S America(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.