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Genus Ilyobates

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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 Aleocharinae
Tribe Oxypodini
Subtribe Oxypodina
Genus Ilyobates
Explanation of Names
Ilyobates Kraatz 1856
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, 7 total(1)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic; in our area, eastern Canada (NF-ON)(2)(1)
Works Cited
1.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
2.Aleocharine rove beetles of eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): A glimpse of megadiversity
Klimaszewski, J; R.P. Webster; D.W. Langor; A. Brunke; A. Davies; C. Bourdon; M. Labrecque; A.F. Newton; J. Dorval; J.H. Frank. 2018. Springer.