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Genus Unamis

Staph 65 - Unamis Staph 111 - Unamis Unknown from Nevada - Unamis Unknown from Nevada - Unamis Omaliinae? - Unamis Omaliinae? - Unamis Omaliinae? - Unamis Omaliinae? - Unamis
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 Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)
Tribe Anthophagini
Genus Unamis
Explanation of Names
Unamis Casey 1894
Numbers
7 spp. in our area + 1 sp. in China(1)(2)
2 species, kootenayensis Hatch and stacismithi Hatch were transferred from Phlaeopterus to Unamis in(2)
Range
w. NA (ID-BC-CA-AZ)(1)
Habitat
Montane and alpine; moss, wet debris, along streams(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.
2.Taxonomic revision of the rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1953 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)
Logan J. Mullen, J.M. Campbell, and Derek S. Sikes. 2018. Coleopterists Society, Patricia Vaurie Series Monograph 16.