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Tribe Pinophilini

small rove beetle - Palaminus Pinophilus BioBlitz Bug 140 - Pinophilus Pinophilus Full-Grown Rove Beetle - Pinophilus Elongated Presumed Black Beetle - Pinophilus Pinophilus sp.? - Pinophilus Pinophilus latipes? - Pinophilus
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 Paederinae
Tribe Pinophilini
Numbers
4 genera (in 2 subtribes) n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
Basal four tarsomeres of the protarsi are extremely widened in both sexes (1)
Life Cycle
Little is known of pinophiline biology; at least some are litter inhabitants, while others occur on foliage (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.