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Genus Custotychus

Staphylinid - Custotychus Staphylinid - Custotychus Custotychus daggyi - male Custotychus daggyi - 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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Goniaceritae
Tribe Tychini
Genus Custotychus
Explanation of Names
Custotychus Park & Wagner 1962
Numbers
14 spp. north of Mexico(1)
Size
1.52-1.94mm(1)
Identification
Key to species in(1)
Range
e.US(2)
Habitat
leaf litter, moss, under bark, dead wood(2)(1)
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the Eastern Nearctic Genus Custotychus Park and Wagner
Donald S. Chandler & Sarah D. Geromini. 2016. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(2): 217-242.
2.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.