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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Subfamily Abraeinae

tiny beetle - Aeletes politus tiny Histerid - Acritus exiguus Histerid - Acritus Histerid - Plegaderus Aeletes (s.str.) simplex (J.L. LeConte 1844) - Aeletes simplex Oldie-5 - Plegaderus Teretrius sp.? - Teretrius obliquulus Plegaderus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Abraeinae
Explanation of Names
Abraeinae MacLeay 1819
Numbers
close to 500 spp. in >20 genera worldwide
Range
worldwide