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Genus Lucifotychus

Staphylinid - Lucifotychus testaceus Staphylinid - Lucifotychus testaceus Staph 73 - Lucifotychus Tychini - Lucifotychus testaceus Ant-loving beetle extracted from Bigleaf Maple leaf litter - Lucifotychus cognatus Pselaphinae, found via berlese funnel of duff at edge of bog - Lucifotychus cognatus Pselaphinae, found via berlese funnel of duff at edge of bog - Lucifotychus cognatus Pselaphinae, via lindgren funnel - Lucifotychus
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 Lucifotychus
Explanation of Names
Lucifotychus Park & Wagner 1962
Numbers
20 spp. in our area(1)
Range
Canada and US, except for Southwest and Great Plains states(1)
Habitat
leaf litter, often in wet areas with mosses(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.