Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Tachinus rutilus Erichson 1839
Size
3.8 mm (Frank & Thomas 2008)
Range
Native to south-central US (TX, MS, and LA) (Campbell, 1975), plus CA (Caterino & Chatzimanolis 2007) and FL (Frank & Thomas 2008)
Common throughout Central America, northern South America, and the West Indies (Blackwelder 1938)
Remarks
Type locality. — Originally cited from "Americae ins. Puerto Rico et St. Thomae, in Columbia." (Blackwelder 1938)
Print References
Blackwelder R.E. 1938. Revision of the North American beetles of the staphylinid subfamily Tachyporinae. Part 2: Genus
Coproporus Kraatz. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86: 1–10.
Full Text
Campbell, J.M. 1975. A revision of the genera Coproporus and Cilea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of America north of Mexico. Canadian Entomologist 107: 175-216.
Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2007. Newly recorded and noteworthy California Staphylinidae, Coleopterist's Bulletin, 61(3): 398-407.
Frank, J. and M. Thomas. 2008. Rove beetles of Florida, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). EENY-115, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. 13 pp.
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