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Genus Lithocharodes

Rove beetle - Lithocharodes longicollis Rove beetle - Lithocharodes longicollis Lithocharodes longicollis (LeConte) - Lithocharodes longicollis Staphylinidae - Lithocharodes rove beetle - Lithocharodes longicollis Lithocharodes Lithocharodes longicollis Lithocharodes longicollis - male
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 Xantholinini
Genus Lithocharodes
Explanation of Names
Lithocharodes Sharp 1876
Numbers
7 spp. in our area + ca. 20 spp. in the Neotropics(1)
Range
New World; in our area, e. NA (to se. Canada) & sw. US(1)
Habitat
forest leaf/log litter, damp debris along streams; some spp. mainly in periaquatic situations in swamps(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.