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Tribe Diochini

rove beetle - Diochus schaumi Diochus schaumi Kraatz - Diochus schaumi Rove beetle - Diochus schaumi Diochus schaumi - male - female Rove - Diochus schaumi Staphylininae? - Diochus Diochus schaumi in Maryland - Diochus schaumi 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.