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Genus Euplectus

Pselaphinae? - Euplectus duryi Euplectus sp? - Euplectus Euplectus sp? - Euplectus Teeny Tiny Bugs - Euplectus Teeny Tiny Bugs - Euplectus - female Euplectus karstenii Euplectus confluens Euplectus acomanus - 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 Euplectitae
Tribe Euplectini
Genus Euplectus
Explanation of Names
Euplectus Leach 1817
Numbers
a large genus with 13 spp. in NA, of which 11 native(1)
Range
Worldwide and across NA, but most spp. eastern(1)
Habitat
rotten wood, tree holes, under bark; two adventive European spp. in compost, grass clippings, or spilled grain(1)
Remarks
Our adventive spp. are E. karsteni and E. signatus (D.S. Chandler, pers. comm. to =v=, 1/21/2010)
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.